Psalms 50:7

“Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt, etc.] Or, “our fathers in Egypt” f1518; while they were there, they did not understand, or wisely consider and attend unto, the miracles there wrought, the plagues inflicted on the Egyptians. These were done in their sight, they saw them with their eyes; yet had not hearts to perceive them, and understand the true use and design of them: not only that these were for the destruction of their enemies, and for their deliverance from them; but that they were proofs of the power of God, and of his being the one only and true God, in opposition to the idols of the Egyptians; and that he only ought to be adhered unto, worshipped, and trusted in. Had…”

“I will testify--that is, for failure to worship aught. thy God--and so, by covenant as well as creation, entitled to a pure worship.”

“Hear, O my people, and I will speak - God himself is now introduced as speaking, and as stating the principles on which the judgment will proceed. The previous verses are introductory, or are designed to bring the scene of the judgment before the mind. The solemn scene now opens, and God himself speaks, especially as rebuking the disposition to rely on the mere forms of religion, while its spirituality and its power are denied. The purpose of the whole is, by asking how these things will appear in the judgment, to imply the vanity of “mere” forms of religion now. The particular address is made to the “people” of God, or to “Israel,” because the purpose of the psalmist was to rebuke the…”

“Hear - Having brought in God, as coming to judgment, he now gives an account of the process and sentence of the judge. Testify - I will declare my charge against thee. Thy God - Not only in general, but in a special manner, by that solemn covenant made at Sinai; whereby I avouched thee to be my peculiar people, and thou didst avouch me to be thy God. Psalms 50:8”

“50:7-13 The psalmist delivers a message against those who regard the sacrificial rituals as more important than having a proper heart attitude.”

“Hear: Psa 81:8; Isa 1:18; Jer 2:4, Jer 2:5, Jer 2:9; Mic 6:1-8 O my: Psa 81:10-12; Exo 19:5, Exo 19:6; Deu 26:17, Deu 26:18; Sa1 12:22-25 testify: Deu 31:19-21; Kg2 17:13; Neh 9:29, Neh 9:30; Mal 3:5 I am: Exo 20:2; Ch2 28:5; Eze 20:5, Eze 20:7, Eze 20:19, Eze 20:20; Zac 13:9 Psalms 50:8”

“Exposition of the sacrificial Tra for the good of those whose holiness consists in outward works. The forms strengthened by ah, in Psa 50:7, describe God's earnest desire to have Israel for willing hearers as being quite as strong as His desire to speak and to bear witness. העיד בּ, obtestari aliquem, to come forward as witness, either solemnly assuring, or, as here and in the Psalm of Asaph, Psa 81:9, earnestly warning and punishing (cf. Arab. šahida with b, to bear witness against any one). On the Dagesh forte conjunctive in בּך, vid., Ges. ֗20, 2, a. He who is speaking has a right thus to stand face to face with Israel, for he is Elohim, the God of Israel - by which designation reference…”