Psalms 50:21

These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes.

Young's Literal Translation

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 sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.

22Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.

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Cross References

Exodus 3:14And God saith unto Moses, 'I AM THAT WHICH I AM;' He saith also, 'Thus dost thou say to the sons of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.'

Job 34:33By thee doth He recompense, That thou hast refused — That thou dost choose, and not I? And what thou hast known, speak.

Psalms 50:8Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings [Are] before Me continually.

Psalms 90:8Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face,

Psalms 109:1To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent,

Ecclesiastes 8:11Because sentence hath not been done [on] an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil.

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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