Psalm 50:23
“Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 50Meaning
The psalm closes by saying thanksgiving honors God and an ordered way opens onto God’s salvation; grateful worship and faithful conduct belong together, without turning salvation into wages earned by ritual performance.
Remember God, give thanks, and walk rightly
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 closes by saying thanksgiving honors God and an ordered way opens onto God’s salvation; grateful worship and faithful conduct belong together, without turning salvation into wages earned by ritual performance.
Reflection
The psalm closes by saying thanksgiving honors God and an ordered way opens onto God’s salvation; grateful worship and faithful conduct belong together, without turning salvation into wages earned by ritual performance.