Psalms 50:17

“Seeing thou hatest instruction, etc.] Or “correction” f676; to be reproved or reformed by the statutes and covenant they declared to others; they taught others, but not themselves, ( <450221>Romans 2:21-23); or evangelical instruction, the doctrines of grace, and of Christ; for, as concerning the Gospel, they were enemies, ( <451128>Romans 11:28); and since they were haters of that, they ought not to have been teachers of others; and castest my words behind thee; the doctrines of the Gospel, which they despised and rejected with the utmost abhorrence, as loathsome, and not fit to be looked upon and into; and also the ordinances of it, the counsel of God, which they rejected against…”

“Seeing thou hatest instruction - That is, He is unwilling himself to be taught. He will not learn the true nature of religion, and yet he presumes to instruct others. Compare the notes at Romans 2:21. And castest my words behind thee - He treated them with contempt, or as unworthy of attention. He did not regard them as worthy of being “retained,” but threw them contemptuously away. return to 'Top of Page'”

“50:17 my discipline . . . my words: The wicked may observe rituals, but they reject more important matters such as justice, mercy, and faithfulness (cp. Matt 23:23-24).”

“hatest: Pro 1:7, Pro 1:28, Pro 1:29, Pro 5:12, Pro 5:13, Pro 8:36, Pro 12:1; Joh 3:20; Rom 1:28, Rom 2:21, Rom 2:23; Th2 2:10-12; Ti2 4:3, Ti2 4:4 castest: Neh 9:26; Isa 5:23; Jer 8:9, Jer 18:12, Jer 36:23-32 Psalms 50:18”