King James Version
Psalms 50:6 in the King James Version says “And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 50 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.”
Psalms 50:6 · KJV
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.
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
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“shall declare”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
“And the heavens”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
“his righteousness”
H6664the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“for God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“is judge”
H8199to judge, i.e., pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literal
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
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