Psalm Fifty
From the Holy Bible, Hoehn Version

by Frederick Hoehn, copyright 2014, all rights reserved.  

Chapter 1

First we'll show Psalm fifty, and then I'll have some words.  

Here is Psalm 50 from the Holy Bible, Hoehn Version--
___Psalm 50
 1 The mighty God, the Lord, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to the going down of it.
 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined.
 3 Our God shall come, and won't keep silence, a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous around him.
 4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, so that he can judge his people.
 5 Gather my saints together to me, those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God is judge himself.  Selah.
 7 "Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you, I am God, your God.
 8 I will not reprove you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
 9 I will take no bullock out of your house, nor he goats out of your folds.
 10 For every beast of the forest is my, and the cattle on a thousand hills.
 11 I know all the fowls of the mountains, and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
 12 If I were hungry, I wouldn't tell you, for the world is mine, and the fullness of it.
 13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
 14 Offer to God thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the most high,
 15 And call on me in the day of trouble, I will deliver you, and you'll glorify me."
 16 But to the wicked God says, "What do you have to do with declaring my statutes, or that you should take my covenant in your mouth?
 17 Seeing that you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you.
 18 When you saw a thief, then you consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers.
 19 You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
 20 You sit and speak against your brother, you slander your own mother's son.
 21 You've done these things and I kept silence, you thought that I was entirely someone like yourself, but I will reprimand you, and set them in order before your eyes."
 22 Now consider this, you that forget God, so I don't tear you in pieces, and there is no one to deliver.
 23 Whoever offers praise glorifies me, and I'll show the salvation of God to him that orders his conversation right.

Chapter 2

In verses 1 through 4, God speaks, God calls the earth, God honors his covenant with Zion.  Fire goes before God.  It's very stormy around God.  God will judge his people.  

In verse 5, reference is made to the covenant by sacrifice.  

The Children of Israel kept the covenant with God by sacrificing animals, according to the Mosaic laws.  

But those animal sacrifices were only a foreshadowing of the ultimate sacrifice by God of his only begotten Son, Jesus, who died on the cross for our sins.  

Now that the sacrifice of Jesus has been accomplished, there is no more need for the animal sacrifices.  

Unfortunately, many of the Jews don't know that.  

The Bible says Jesus came to his own and they didn't receive him. (John 1:11)  

Verse 6, God is the Judge.  That word Selah means a musical pause.  Many of these Psalms were set to music.  The Psalmist David played the harp.  No doubt he played the harp and sang at the same time.  

Then God says to his people, "I'm not going to be picky about the sacrifices.  I don't really need the animals."  

"I know all the fowls of the mountains, and the wild beasts of the field are mine.  If I were hungry, I wouldn't tell you, for the world is mine, and the fullness of it.  Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?"  

If God were to get hungry, he wouldn't need our help in finding something to eat.  

Offer to God thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the most high.  

But another scripture says, "It's better not to vow than to vow and not pay."  

It seems safest to me to make very few vows, and just live the best life you can live in light of the scriptures.  Also, we should ask the Lord for guidance.  

Verse 15, we should call on the Lord in the day of trouble, and He will give us deliverance, and we'll glorify Him.  

Then in verses 16 through 21, God reprimands the wicked, who hate instruction, and don't pay attention to the Word of God.  

They are partners with thieves.  

They deceive with their tongues.  

They slander their family members.  

They think God is like them.  But no, God is righteous.  

If God decided to tear you in pieces, there wouldn't by anyone that could save you from Him.  

When you offer praise, you glorify God.  If you'll talk right, God will show you his salvation.