Psalms 50:9

“He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up, etc.] By sending a strong east wind, which drove the waters back, and made the sea a dry land, (<021421>Exodus 14:21). So he led them through the depths; that is, the deep waters of the sea, which were cast up as an heap, and stood as a wall on each side, through which they passed. As through the wilderness; or rather, “as on a plain”; for a passage through a wilderness where no roads are, and many obstructions be, is not easy; and so it is manifestly to be understood in (<236313>Isaiah 63:13), where Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it a plain and smooth ground, a champaign country; and so the word is used for a plain, in opposition to mountains,…”

“I will take no bullock out of thy house - Bullocks were offered regularly in the Hebrew service and sacrifice Exodus 29:11, Exodus 29:36; Leviticus 4:4; 1Ki 18:23, 1 Kings 18:33; and it is with reference to this that the language is used here. In obedience to the law it was right and proper to offer such sacrifices; and the design here is not to express disapprobation of these offerings in themselves considered. On this subject - on the external compliance with the law in this respect - God says Psalms 50:8 that he had no cause to complain against them. It was only with respect to the design and the spirit with which they did this, that the language in this verse and the following verses is…”

“Bullock - Be not so foolish, as to imagine that thou dost lay any obligations upon me by thy sacrifices. Psalms 50:11”

“50:9 Unlike pagan gods, God does not need food; instead, he wants his people to serve him with a right heart (50:14-15).”

“Isa 43:23, Isa 43:24; Mic 6:6-8; Act 17:25; Heb 10:4-6 Psalms 50:10”