Psalms 50:5
3 Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
4 He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
“Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
6 And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
7 “Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
- KJV
- Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
- WEB
- “Gather my saints together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
- ASV
- Gather my saints together unto me, Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
- DARBY
- Gather unto me my godly ones, those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice!
- BLB
- “Gather to Me My holy ones, those having cut a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
- ÅB
- Samle til meg mine fromme, som har inngått pakt med meg om offer!
- OTB
- “Samle til Meg Mine trofaste,
De som har inngått en pakt med Meg gjennom offer.” - B1930
- Samle til mig mine fromme, som har inngått pakt med mig om offer!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 13:20
Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
Read in contextExodus 24:3–8
When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”
Read in contextMatthew 26:28
This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Read in contextHebrews 12:24
to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 33:2–3
He said: “The LORD came from Sinai and dawned upon us from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran and came with myriads of holy ones, with flaming fire at His right hand.
Read in contextPsalms 30:4
Sing to the LORD, O you His saints, and praise His holy name.
Read in contextMatthew 24:31
And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
Read in contextHebrews 9:10–23
They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.
Read in context