Psalms 50:21

These things, hast thou done, and I have kept silence, Thou thoughtest that I should really be like thyself, I will convict thee, yea I will set [thine offences] in order before thine eyes.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

In Context

20Thou wouldst sit down—Against thine own brother, wouldst thou speak, Against thine own mother’s son, wouldst thou expose a fault:—

22Understand this, I pray you, ye forgetters of GOD, Lest I tear in pieces, and there be none to deliver:—

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Cross References

Exodus 3:14And God said unto Moses, I Will Become whatsoever I please, And he said—Thus, shalt thou say to the sons of Israel, I Will Become hath sent me unto you.

Job 34:33According to thy mind, must he requite it, that thou hast refused? For, thou, must choose, and not, I, What then thou knowest, speak!

Psalms 50:8Not, for thy sacrifices, will I reprove thee, Nor for thine ascending-offerings, before me continually:

Psalms 90:8Thou hast set, Our iniquities before thee, Our secret near the luminary of thy face.

Psalms 109:1O God of my praise, do not be silent;

Ecclesiastes 8:11Because sentence against a wicked work is not executed speedily—on this account, the heart of the sons of men is fully set within them, to commit wickedness.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 50:17-23

The Character of the Wicked. 16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. 18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. 19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. 20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. 21 These things hast thou done,… Read the whole commentary →

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