Psalms 50:6

“We have sinned with our fathers, etc.] Sinned in their first father Adam; derived a corrupt nature from their immediate ancestors; sinned after the similitude of their transgressions; sinned after their example, in like manner as they did; guilty of the same gross enormities as they were: though sufficiently warned by the words of the prophets, and by punishments inflicted, they continued their sins, a constant series and course of them, and filled up the measure of their iniquities; they rose up in their stead an increase of sinful men, to augment the fierce anger of God, (<043214>Numbers 32:14). And this the psalmist, in the name of the people of Israel, confesses, as it was his and their…”

“The inhabitants of heaven, who well know God's character, attest His righteousness as a judge.”

“And the heavens shall declare his righteousness - Shall make it known, or announce it. That is, the heavens - the heavenly inhabitants - will bear witness to the justness of the sentence, or will approve the sentence. See the notes at Psalms 50:4. Compare Psalms 97:6. For God is judge himself - The judgment is not committed to mortal men, or even to angels. Creatures, even the most exalted and pure, might err in such a work as that of judging the world. That judgment, to be correct, must be founded on a perfect knowledge of the heart, and on a clear and complete understanding of all the thoughts, the motives, the words, the deeds of all people. It cannot be supposed that any created being,…”

“Declare - God will convince the people of his righteousness, and of their own wickedness, by thunders and lightnings, and storms, or other dreadful signs wrought by him in the heavens. Himself - In his own person. God will not now reprove them, by his priests or prophets, but in an extraordinary manner from heaven. Psalms 50:7”

“heavens: Psa 97:6; Rom 2:5; Rev 16:5-7, Rev 19:2 God: Psa 75:7; Gen 18:25; Joh 5:22, Joh 5:23; Rom 14:9-12; Co2 5:10; Rev 20:11, Rev 20:12 Selah: Psa 7:3-5, Psa 9:16 Psalms 50:7”