Psalms 50:4

He summons the heavens above, as well as the earth, so that he might judge his people. ¹ 

De 4:36; De 30:19; De 31:28; De 32:1; Ps 50:6; Ps 96:13; Ps 98:9; Isa 1:2; Isa 11:3,4; Mic 6:1,2; Joh 5:22,23

¹ tn Or perhaps “to testify against his people.”

sn The personified heavens and earth (see v. 1 as well) are summoned to God’s courtroom as witnesses against God’s covenant people (see Isa 1:2). Long before this Moses warned the people that the heavens and earth would be watching their actions (see Deut 4:26; 30:19; 31:28; 32:1).