Psalm 50:5
“Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 50Meaning
God summons his faithful ones who made covenant with him by sacrifice; the verse identifies the judged community as God’s own covenant people rather than an outsider ethnic target.
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
God summons his faithful ones who made covenant with him by sacrifice; the verse identifies the judged community as God’s own covenant people rather than an outsider ethnic target.
Reflection
God summons his faithful ones who made covenant with him by sacrifice; the verse identifies the judged community as God’s own covenant people rather than an outsider ethnic target.