Psalms 50:1
ContextNETBible | A psalm by Asaph. El, God, the Lord 2 speaks, and summons the earth to come from the east and west. 3 |
XREF | Ge 17:1; Jos 22:22; 1Ki 18:21,36,37; 1Ch 15:17; 1Ch 16:37; 1Ch 25:2,6; 2Ch 29:30; Ne 9:6,32; Ps 49:1,2; Ps 73:1; Ps 83:1; Ps 113:3; Ps 145:3-6; Isa 1:2; Isa 9:6; Isa 37:20; Isa 54:5; Jer 10:6; Jer 32:18,19; Am 3:8; Mal 1:11; Mt 25:32 |
NET © Notes |
1 sn Psalm 50. This psalm takes the form of a covenant lawsuit in which the Lord comes to confront his people in a formal manner (as in Isa 1:2-20). The Lord emphasizes that he places priority on obedience and genuine worship, not empty ritual. 2 sn Israel’s God is here identified with three names: El (אֵל [’el], or “God”), Elohim (אֱלֹהִים [’elohim], or “God”), and Yahweh (יְהוָה [yÿhvah] or “the 3 tn Heb “and calls [the] earth from the sunrise to its going.” |