Psalm 50:1
“The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 50Meaning
The psalm begins with the Mighty One, God the LORD, summoning the whole earth from sunrise to sunset; the coming judgment is public and universal in scope, not a private religious dispute.
God summons the earth and judges his covenant people
Psalm 50 is a covenant-liturgy and wisdom-like judgment psalm in which God summons heaven and earth, rejects any idea that sacrifice feeds or obligates him, calls for thanksgiving and trust, and exposes the contradiction between reciting covenant words and practicing theft, sexual betrayal, deceit, and slander.
Read carefully
The psalm begins with the Mighty One, God the LORD, summoning the whole earth from sunrise to sunset; the coming judgment is public and universal in scope, not a private religious dispute.
Reflection
The psalm begins with the Mighty One, God the LORD, summoning the whole earth from sunrise to sunset; the coming judgment is public and universal in scope, not a private religious dispute.