King James Version
Psalms 50:5 in the King James Version says “Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 50 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
Psalms 50:5 · KJV
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
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“Gather”
H622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e., remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
“together unto me those that have made”
H3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“with me by sacrifice”
H2077properly, a slaughter, i.e., the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
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