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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 50:6

Psa 50:6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God [is] judge himself. Selah. Ver. 6. And the heavens shall declare his righteousness ] Those catholic preachers, whose voice goeth out aloud to the end of the world, Psalms 19:4 ; Psalms 50:4 . For God is Judge himself ] And from him is no appeal; every transgression and disobedience from him shall receive a just recompense of reward, Hebrews 2:2 , even those corruptions that are most inward, and lie up in the heart of the... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 50:7

Psa 50:7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I [am] God, [even] thy God. Ver. 7. Hear, O my people, and I will speak, &c. ] What sweet and winning language is here for a preface! God’s proceedings against sinners, whom he might confound with his terrors, is with meekness and much mildness, Genesis 3:9 ; Genesis 3:11 ; Genesis 4:9 Matthew 22:11 ; Matthew 26:50 . Be we herein followers of God as dear children, Jos 7:19 Galatians 6:1 2 Timothy 2:19... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 50:8

Psa 50:8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, [to have been] continually before me. Ver. 8. I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices ] i.e. For thy neglect of them, but for thy resting in them, sticking in the bark, bringing me the bare shell without the kernel, not referring thy sacrifices to the right end and use; but satisfying thyself in the work done. This was afterwards the sin of the Pharisees, is still of the Papists, and of too many carnal gospellers,... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 50:9

Psa 50:9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, [nor] he goats out of thy folds. Ver. 9. I will take no bullock out of thy house, &c. ] q.d. Keep them to thyself, I need them not; thou settest a high price upon them, and thinkest to ingratiate with me by them; I value them not, nay, I loathe them, Sordet in conspectu Iudicis quod fulget in conspectu operantis. "That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God," Luke 16:15 . Displeasing service is double... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 50:10

Psa 50:10 For every beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the cattle upon a thousand hills. Ver. 10. For every beast of the forest is mine ] God is the great proprietary; and all is his by primitive right. It is but of his own, therefore, that any man giveth him aught; as David freely acknowledgeth, 1 Chronicles 29:14 ; and that great emperor, who, dedicating his rich communion table to Jesus Christ, wrote upon it τα σο εκ των σων σοι προσφερομεν , Thine own, and of thine own, Lord, present we... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 50:11

Psa 50:11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field [are] mine. Ver. 11. I know all the fowls of the mountains ] i.e. In numerato habeo, saith Vatablus, they are always before me ready at my service. And the wild beasts of the field ] R. Solomon interpreteth it reptiles, the creeping things of the field; others, copiam volucrum in vallibus, the abundance of birds that are up and down the fields and valleys. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 50:12

Psa 50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world [is] mine, and the fulness thereof. Ver. 12. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee ] I would not employ thee to cater or purvey for me. But it befalls not God to be hungry, as not only heathens held, and, therefore, said that their Jove was gone into Ethiopia to be feasted, but some carnal Jews also, who conceived that a fat sacrifice was as acceptable to God as a fat dinner was to themselves (Homer. Lucian). For the world is... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 50:13

Psa 50:13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? Ver. 13. Will I eat the flesh of bulls, &c.? ] q.d. Are you so thick brained as to think so? Vervecum in patria, crassoque sub aere nati? No; "He that killeth an ox" (unless he kill his corruptions too) "is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb" (unless he see his own guilt, and be carried out to the immaculate Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world) is "as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 50:14

Psa 50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: Ver. 14. Offer unto God thanksgiving ] That pith of your peace offerings, that sacrifice more acceptable to God than an ox that hath horns and hoofs, Psalms 69:31 . Oh cover God’s altar with the calves of your lips, giving thanks to his name, Hebrews 13:15 . And pay thy vows unto the Most High ] Say not God a thank only, but do him thanks; the life of thanksgiving is the good life of the thanksgiver. Our praises... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 50:15

Psa 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. Ver. 15. And call upon me ] These two, praising God for what we have, and praying for what we want, do take up the whole duty of man; a holy trade is hereby driven between heaven and earth, and sweet intercourse maintained between God and man. In the day of trouble ] At any time, but then especially; the time of affliction being the time of supplication; for then we are fittest to call, and then... read more

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