Holy Bible, The New Living Translation
Book of Psalms
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Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 50:1 GSB -> Study Notes on 50:1 JFB -> Commentary on 50:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 50:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 50:1 TOD -> Commentary on 50:1 TSK -> Commentary on 50:1 TSK -> Entry for 50:1 WEN -> Notes on 50:1 NTB -> Asaph; Praise; Psalms TTT -> Sun, The EBD -> East SBD -> Sun TV -> Devotional using 50:1 TV -> Devotional using 50:1 TV -> Devotional using 50:1 50:1 - [In Context] A psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, the LORD, has spoken; he has summoned all humanity from east to west!
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 50:2 GSB -> Study Notes on 50:2 JFB -> Commentary on 50:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 50:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 50:2 TOD -> Commentary on 50:2 TSK -> Commentary on 50:2 TSK -> Entry for 50:2 WEN -> Notes on 50:2 NTB -> Church TTT -> Excellency and Glory of the Church, The 50:2 - [In Context] From Mount Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines in glorious radiance.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 50:3 GSB -> Study Notes on 50:3 JFB -> Commentary on 50:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 50:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 50:3 TOD -> Commentary on 50:3 TSK -> Commentary on 50:3 TSK -> Entry for 50:3 WEN -> Notes on 50:3 NTB -> Judgment TTT -> Second Coming of Christ, The 50:3 - [In Context] Our God approaches with the noise of thunder. Fire devours everything in his way, and a great storm rages around him.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 50:4 GSB -> Study Notes on 50:4 JFB -> Commentary on 50:4 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 50:4 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 50:4 TOD -> Commentary on 50:4 TSK -> Commentary on 50:4 TSK -> Entry for 50:4 WEN -> Notes on 50:4 NTB -> God (continued); Judgment TTT -> Second Coming of Christ, The 50:4 - [In Context] Heaven and earth will be his witnesses as he judges his people:
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 50:5 GSB -> Study Notes on 50:5 JFB -> Commentary on 50:5 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 50:5 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 50:5 TOD -> Commentary on 50:5 TSK -> Commentary on 50:5 TSK -> Entry for 50:5 WEN -> Notes on 50:5 NTB -> Decision; God (continued); Judgment TTT -> Sacrifices 50:5 - [In Context] "Bring my faithful people to me – those who made a covenant with me by giving sacrifices."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 50:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 50:6 JFB -> Commentary on 50:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 50:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 50:6 TOD -> Commentary on 50:6 TSK -> Commentary on 50:6 TSK -> Entry for 50:6 WEN -> Notes on 50:6 NTB -> God (continued); Heaven; Judgment TTT -> Righteousness of God, The 50:6 - [In Context] Then let the heavens proclaim his justice, for God himself will be the judge. Interlude
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 50:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 50:7 JFB -> Commentary on 50:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 50:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 50:7 TOD -> Commentary on 50:7 TSK -> Commentary on 50:7 TSK -> Entry for 50:7 WEN -> Notes on 50:7 NTB -> God (continued) 50:7 - [In Context] "O my people, listen as I speak. Here are my charges against you, O Israel: I am God, your God!
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 50:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 50:8 JFB -> Commentary on 50:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 50:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 50:8 TOD -> Commentary on 50:8 TSK -> Commentary on 50:8 TSK -> Entry for 50:8 WEN -> Notes on 50:8 NTB -> Offerings TTT -> Burnt Offering, The; Offerings 50:8 - [In Context] I have no complaint about your sacrifices or the burnt offerings you constantly bring to my altar.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 50:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 50:9 JFB -> Commentary on 50:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 50:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 50:9 TOD -> Commentary on 50:9 TSK -> Commentary on 50:9 TSK -> Entry for 50:9 WEN -> Notes on 50:9 NTB -> Formalism; Offerings TTT -> Burnt Offering, The; Goat, The; Ox, The EBD -> Sheep-fold 50:9 - [In Context] But I want no more bulls from your barns; I want no more goats from your pens.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 50:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 50:10 JFB -> Commentary on 50:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 50:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 50:10 TOD -> Commentary on 50:10 TSK -> Commentary on 50:10 TSK -> Entry for 50:10 WEN -> Notes on 50:10 NTB -> Animals; Formalism; God (continued); Offerings TTT -> Beasts; Burnt Offering, The; Forests 50:10 - [In Context] For all the animals of the forest are mine, and I own the cattle on a thousand hills.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 50:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 50:11 JFB -> Commentary on 50:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 50:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 50:11 TOD -> Commentary on 50:11 TSK -> Commentary on 50:11 TSK -> Entry for 50:11 WEN -> Notes on 50:11 NTB -> Animals; Formalism; God (continued); Offerings TTT -> Beasts; Birds; Burnt Offering, The 50:11 - [In Context] Every bird of the mountains and all the animals of the field belong to me.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 50:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 50:12 JFB -> Commentary on 50:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 50:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 50:12 TOD -> Commentary on 50:12 TSK -> Commentary on 50:12 TSK -> Entry for 50:12 WEN -> Notes on 50:12 NTB -> Animals; Formalism; God (continued); Offerings; Quotations And Allusions TTT -> Burnt Offering, The 50:12 - [In Context] If I were hungry, I would not mention it to you, for all the world is mine and everything in it.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 50:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 50:13 JFB -> Commentary on 50:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 50:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 50:13 TOD -> Commentary on 50:13 WEN -> Notes on 50:13 NTB -> Formalism; Offerings TTT -> Burnt Offering, The EBD -> Goat 50:13 - [In Context] I don't need the bulls you sacrifice; I don't need the blood of goats.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 50:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 50:14 JFB -> Commentary on 50:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 50:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 50:14 TOD -> Commentary on 50:14 TSK -> Commentary on 50:14 TSK -> Entry for 50:14 WEN -> Notes on 50:14 NTB -> Formalism; Offerings; Prayer; Thankfulness; Vows TTT -> Offerings; Thanksgiving 50:14 - [In Context] What I want instead is your true thanks to God; I want you to fulfill your vows to the Most High.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 50:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 50:15 JFB -> Commentary on 50:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 50:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 50:15 TOD -> Commentary on 50:15 TSK -> Commentary on 50:15 TSK -> Entry for 50:15 WEN -> Notes on 50:15 NTB -> Afflictions And Adversities; Formalism; Glorifying God; God (continued); Prayer; Righteous; Thankfulness; Vows TTT -> Afflicted Saints; Glorifying God; Prayer, Answers to; Privileges of Saints 50:15 - [In Context] Trust me in your times of trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory."
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 50:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 50:16 JFB -> Commentary on 50:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 50:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 50:16 TOD -> Commentary on 50:16 TSK -> Commentary on 50:16 TSK -> Entry for 50:16 WEN -> Notes on 50:16 NTB -> Hypocrisy; Wicked (People); Word Of God TTT -> Afflicted Saints 50:16 - [In Context] But God says to the wicked: "Recite my laws no longer, and don't pretend that you obey me.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 50:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 50:17 JFB -> Commentary on 50:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 50:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 50:17 TOD -> Commentary on 50:17 TSK -> Commentary on 50:17 TSK -> Entry for 50:17 WEN -> Notes on 50:17 NTB -> Hypocrisy; Impenitence; Instruction; Wicked (People); Word Of God TTT -> Afflicted Saints 50:17 - [In Context] For you refuse my discipline and treat my laws like trash.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 50:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 50:18 JFB -> Commentary on 50:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 50:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 50:18 TOD -> Commentary on 50:18 TSK -> Commentary on 50:18 TSK -> Entry for 50:18 WEN -> Notes on 50:18 NTB -> Company; Complicity; Dishonesty; Fellowship; Theft And Thieves; Wicked (People) TTT -> Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God; Theft EBD -> Theft 50:18 - [In Context] When you see a thief, you help him, and you spend your time with adulterers.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 50:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 50:19 JFB -> Commentary on 50:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 50:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 50:19 TOD -> Commentary on 50:19 TSK -> Commentary on 50:19 TSK -> Entry for 50:19 WEN -> Notes on 50:19 NTB -> Falsehood; Wicked (People) 50:19 - [In Context] Your mouths are filled with wickedness, and your tongues are full of lies.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 50:20 GSB -> Study Notes on 50:20 JFB -> Commentary on 50:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 50:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 50:20 TOD -> Commentary on 50:20 TSK -> Commentary on 50:20 TSK -> Entry for 50:20 WEN -> Notes on 50:20 NTB -> Falsehood; Gossip; Slander; Wicked (People) TTT -> Slander 50:20 - [In Context] You sit around and slander a brother – your own mother's son.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 50:21 GSB -> Study Notes on 50:21 JFB -> Commentary on 50:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 50:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 50:21 TOD -> Commentary on 50:21 TSK -> Commentary on 50:21 TSK -> Entry for 50:21 WEN -> Notes on 50:21 NTB -> Blasphemy; God (continued); Impenitence; Infidelity; Judgments; Punishment; Security TTT -> Reproof; Sin; Theft 50:21 - [In Context] While you did all this, I remained silent, and you thought I didn't care. But now I will rebuke you, listing all my charges against you.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 50:22 GSB -> Study Notes on 50:22 JFB -> Commentary on 50:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 50:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 50:22 TOD -> Commentary on 50:22 TSK -> Commentary on 50:22 TSK -> Entry for 50:22 WEN -> Notes on 50:22 NTB -> Forgetting God; Godlessness; Wicked (People) TTT -> Forgetting God 50:22 - [In Context] Repent, all of you who ignore me, or I will tear you apart, and no one will help you.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 50:23 GSB -> Study Notes on 50:23 JFB -> Commentary on 50:23 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 50:23 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 50:23 TOD -> Commentary on 50:23 TSK -> Commentary on 50:23 TSK -> Entry for 50:23 WEN -> Notes on 50:23 NTB -> Glorifying God; God (continued); Praise; Speaking TTT -> Conduct, Christian; Glorifying God; Praise EBD -> Conversation 50:23 - [In Context] But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me. If you keep to my path, I will reveal to you the salvation of God."

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; TOD - Treasury of David; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible, The New Living Translation copyright © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved. For more information about the NLT, please click here.