Psalms 50:21

"You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes."

Key Reflection

This passage highlights God's patience as He endured sinful behavior without immediate judgment, allowing the offenders to believe He was like them. However, God ultimately reveals His true nature through rebuke and accusation, illustrating that He cannot be treated as ordinary humans are.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence -Compare the notes atIsaiah 18:4. The meaning is, that while they did these things - while they committed these abominations - he did not interfere. He did not come forth in his anger to destroy them. He had borne all this with patience. He had borne this until it was now time that he should interposeIsaiah 18:3, and state the true principles of his government, and warn then of the consequences of such a course of sin and hypocrisy. Compare the notes atActs 17:30.

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