Psalm 50:21
“These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 50Meaning
God explains that his silence was mistaken for likeness to the wrongdoer, but now he rebukes and sets the case in order; delayed judgment is not divine approval of injustice or abuse.
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
God explains that his silence was mistaken for likeness to the wrongdoer, but now he rebukes and sets the case in order; delayed judgment is not divine approval of injustice or abuse.
Reflection
God explains that his silence was mistaken for likeness to the wrongdoer, but now he rebukes and sets the case in order; delayed judgment is not divine approval of injustice or abuse.