Psalm 50:17
“Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 50Meaning
The rebuke is that such a person hates discipline and throws God’s words behind him; selective use of Scripture while resisting correction is exposed as hypocrisy.
Religious speech without obedience is exposed
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 rebuke is that such a person hates discipline and throws God’s words behind him; selective use of Scripture while resisting correction is exposed as hypocrisy.
Reflection
The rebuke is that such a person hates discipline and throws God’s words behind him; selective use of Scripture while resisting correction is exposed as hypocrisy.