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Psalms 50:4
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He calls the heavens above,And the earth, to render justice to His people:
He summons the heavens above, And the earth, to judge His people:
He calleth from aboue the heauen and the earth: that he may iudge his people.
He will call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
He shall call to the heavens from above, And to the earth, that He may judge His people:
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, to judge His people.
He tells the sky and the earth to be witnesses as he judges his people.
He calls to the heavens above, To the earth, that he may judge his people:
He shall call to the heauens from aboue, and to the earth, that hee may iudge his people.
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
He shal call the heauens from aboue, and the earth, that he maye iudge his people.
He summons heaven and earth as a jury, he's taking his people to court: "Round up my saints who swore on the Bible their loyalty to me."
He summons the heavens above, And the earth, to judge His people:
He calleth to the heavens above, And to the earth, that he may judge his people:
His voice will go out to the heavens and to the earth, for the judging of his people:
He calls to the heavens above, And to the earth, that he may judge his people:
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
He summons the heavens above, as well as the earth, so that he might judge his people.
God comes to judge his people. He shouts to the heavens and to the earth,
he calls to the heavens above and to earth, in order to judge his people.
Hee shall call the heauen aboue, and the earth to iudge his people.
He shall call to the heavens from above and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
He calls to the heavens above, To the eretz, that he may judge his people:
He calleth to the heavens above, and to the earth, that He may judge His people:
He calls the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
He shall summon the heaven above, and the earth, that he may judge his people.
He shall call to the heavens above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
He calleth, Unto the heavens above, And unto the earth, That he may judge his people.
(49-4) He shall call heaven from above, and the earth, to judge his people.
He summons the heavens above and the earth that he might judge his people:
He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
He summons the heavens above, And the earth, to judge His people:
He calls to the sky above and to the earth that he might judge his people.
He calls heaven and earth as witnesses to see him judge his people.
On high, He summons heaven and earth in order to judge His people.
He clepide heuene aboue; and the erthe, to deme his puple.
He doth call unto the heavens from above, And unto the earth, to judge His people.
He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
Contextual Overview
A psalm of Asaph.
The Lord , the Mighty One, is God, and he has spoken; he has summoned all humanity from where the sun rises to where it sets. 2 From Mount Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines in glorious radiance. 3 Our God approaches, and he is not silent. Fire devours everything in his way, and a great storm rages around him. 4 He calls on the heavens above and earth below to witness the judgment of his people. 5 "Bring my faithful people to me— those who made a covenant with me by giving sacrifices." 6 Then let the heavens proclaim his justice, for God himself will be the judge. InterludeBible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
call: Psalms 50:6, Deuteronomy 4:36, Deuteronomy 30:19, Deuteronomy 31:28, Deuteronomy 32:1, Isaiah 1:2, Micah 6:1, Micah 6:2
judge: Psalms 96:13, Psalms 98:9, Isaiah 11:3, Isaiah 11:4, John 5:22, John 5:23
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 32:36 - For the Job 14:15 - shalt call Job 40:6 - out Psalms 51:4 - that thou Psalms 135:14 - the Lord Ecclesiastes 11:9 - know Isaiah 5:3 - judge Isaiah 51:5 - mine Jeremiah 6:18 - hear Acts 24:25 - judgment Hebrews 10:30 - The Lord shall
Cross-References
"My lord," he said, "if it pleases you, stop here for a while.
He went as far as the gate of the palace, for no one was allowed to enter the palace gate while wearing clothes of mourning.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth,.... To hear what he shall say, when he will no longer keep silence; and to be witnesses of the justice of his proceedings; see Isaiah 1:2. The Targum interprets this of the angels above on high, and of the righteous on the earth below; and so Aben Ezra, Kimchi, and Ben Melech, explain it of the angels of heaven, and of the inhabitants of the earth;
that he may judge his people; not that they, the heavens and the earth, the inhabitants of either, may judge his people; but the Lord himself, as in Psalms 50:6; and this designs not the judgment of the whole world, nor that of his own covenant people, whom he judges when he corrects them in love, that they might not be condemned with the world; when he vindicates them, and avenges them on their enemies, and when he protects and saves them; but the judgment of the Jewish nation, his professing people, the same that Peter speaks of, 1 Peter 4:17.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
He shall call to the heavens from above - He will call on all the universe; he will summon all worlds. The meaning here is, not that he will gather those who are in heaven to be judged, but that he will call on the inhabitants of all worlds to be his witnesses; to bear their attestation to the justice of his sentence. See Psalms 50:6. The phrase “from above” does not, of course, refer to the heavens as being above God, but to the heavens as they appear to human beings to be above themselves.
And to the earth - To all the dwellers upon the earth; “to the whole universe.” He makes this universal appeal with the confident assurance that his final sentence will be approved; that the universe will see and admit that it is just. See Revelation 15:3; Revelation 19:1-3. There can be no doubt that the universe, as such, will approve the ultimate sentence that will be pronounced on mankind.
That he may judge his people - That is, all these arrangements - this coming with fire and tempest, and this universal appeal - will be prepatory to the judging of his people, or in order that the judgment may be conducted with due solemnity and propriety. The idea is, that an event so momentous should be conducted in a way suited to produce an appropriate impression; so conducted, that there would be a universal conviction of the justice and impartiality of the sentence. The reference here is particularly to his professed “people,” that is, to determine whether they were truly his, for that is the main subject of the psalm, though the “language” is derived from the solemnities appropriate to the universal judgment.
