시편 Chapter 50

Translation: ESV

1

The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.

Key Message

God is the judge who speaks directly to all the earth.

▸A psalm of Asaph, depicting the scene where God speaks directly from the courtroom.

A psalm of Asaph, depicting the scene where God speaks directly from the courtroom. 'The Mighty One, God the LORD ('El 'Elohim Yahweh)' — three names combined in a powerful declaration. From the rising to the setting of the sun — the whole world is summoned to court.

Related Verses

Hear, you mountains, the indictment of the LORD, and you enduring foundations of the earth, for the LORD has an indictment against his people, and he will contend with Israel.
7

"Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.

Key Message

What God desires is not formal religious acts but the genuine relationship of 'my God.'

▸It repeats the Sinai revelation formula ('I am the LORD your God') and summons Israel.

12

If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine.

Key Message

God has no need of our sacrifices — the whole world is his. Sacrifice is not for God but for us.

▸The reason God does not need sacrifice.

14

Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High,

Key Message

The sacrifice God desires is not outward ritual but sincere thanksgiving and faithful fulfillment of covenant.

▸The worship God truly desires.

15

and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me."

Key Message

The worship God desires is genuine dependence — calling on God in trouble — and the response to that glorifies God.

▸Another thing God desires — calling upon God in trouble.

23

The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!"

Key Message

True worship is the integration of thanksgiving and righteous living as one, and in that God's salvation appears.

▸The conclusion of Psalm 50.