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Psalms 50:17

Psalms 50:17
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him,.... Or "didst run with him" (a); joined and agreed with him in the commission of the same things; which was literally true of the Scribes and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Seeing thou hatest instruction - That is, He is unwilling himself to be taught. He will not learn the true nature of religion, and yet he presumes to instruct others. Compare the notes at Rom 2:21.…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 50:16-23

God, by the psalmist, having instructed his people in the right way of worshipping him and keeping up their communion with him, here directs his speech to the wicked, to hypocrites, whether they were…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

instruction Or, correction; the whole discipline of moral education; a word occurring here only in the Psalter, but common in Proverbs, where it is the mark of the fool and the scorner to despise…