Psalms 50:15

But unto the wicked God saith,.... By whom are meant, not openly profane sinners; but men under a profession of religion, and indeed who were teachers of others, as appears from the following…

And call upon me in the day of trouble - This is a part of real religion as truly as praise is, Psa 50:14. This is also the duty and the privilege of all the true worshippers of God. To do this shows…

God is here dealing with those that placed all their religion in the observances of the ceremonial law, and thought those sufficient.

I. He lays down the original contract between him and Israel, in…

call upon me&c. Prayer is the proof of trust. Cp. Psa 20:1; yet note that that Psalm contains a reference to the acceptableness of material sacrifice (Psa 50:50).

The LXX. here inserts a Selah, which…