Psalms 50:6
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
Psalms 50:6 in other translations
| BSB | And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah |
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| WEB | The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah. |
| ASV | And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; For God is judge himself. [Selah |
| YLT | And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge. Selah. |
| DARBY | And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God executeth judgment himself. Selah. |
| BBE | And let the heavens make clear his righteousness; for God himself is the judge. (Selah.) |
| Webster | And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah. |
What does Psalms 50:6 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 50:1-6
This psalm is a psalm of instruction. It tells of the coming of Christ and the day of judgment, in which God will call men to account; and the Holy Ghost is the Spirit of judgement. All the children of men are concerned to know the right way of worshipping the Lord, in spirit and in truth. In the great day, our God shall come, and make those hear his judgement who would not hearken to his law. Happy are those who…
Psalms 50:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 50:6
- Psalms 97:6
The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
- Psalms 75:7
But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
- Psalms 89:5
And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O Lord: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
- Revelation 19:2
For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
- Romans 14:9-12
For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
- Psalms 9:16
The Lord is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
- Genesis 18:25
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
- Psalms 7:3-5
O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
- Revelation 20:11-12
And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
- 2 Corinthians 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
- John 5:22-23
For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
- Romans 2:5
But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Psalms 50:5
Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
- Psalms 50:6
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
- Psalms 50:7
Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
Psalms 50:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y denunciarán los cielos su justicia; porque Dios es el juez. (Selah.) |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les cieux déclareront sa justice, car Dieu lui-même est juge. Sélah. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Himmel verkünden seine Gerechtigkeit, denn Gott ist es, der richtet. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Tibi soli peccavi, et malum coram te feci; ut justificeris in sermonibus tuis, et vincas cum judicaris. |