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Psalm 50

Psa. 50:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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These things hast thou done
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
, anda I kept silence
charash (Hebrew #2790)
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
KJV usage: X altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
Pronounce: khaw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
; thou thoughtest
damah (Hebrew #1819)
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
KJV usage: compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes.
Pronounce: daw-maw'
Origin: a primitive root
that I was altogether
hayah (Hebrew #1961)
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
KJV usage: beacon, X altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, + follow, happen, X have, last, pertain, quit (one-)self, require, X use.
Pronounce: haw-yaw
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1933)
such an one as thyself: but I will reprove
yakach (Hebrew #3198)
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
KJV usage: appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.
Pronounce: yaw-kahh'
Origin: a primitive root
thee, and set them in order
`arak (Hebrew #6186)
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: put (set) (the battle, self) in array, compare, direct, equal, esteem, estimate, expert (in war), furnish, handle, join (battle), ordain, (lay, put, reckon up, set) (in) order, prepare, tax, value.
Pronounce: aw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
before thine eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
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Eccl. 8:11‑12• 11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to do evil.
 12Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his days, yet I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, because they fear before him; (Eccl. 8:11‑12)
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Rom. 2:4• 4or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads thee to repentance? (Rom. 2:4)
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2 Peter 3:9• 9The Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)

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I kept.
Psa. 50:3• 3Our God will come, and will not keep silence: fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. (Psa. 50:3)
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Psa. 109:1‑3• 1To the chief Musician. Of David. A Psalm. O God of my praise, be not silent:
 2For the mouth of the wicked man and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue,
 3And with words of hatred have they encompassed me; and they fight against me without a cause. (Psa. 109:1‑3)
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Eccl. 8:11‑12• 11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to do evil.
 12Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his days, yet I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, because they fear before him; (Eccl. 8:11‑12)
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Isa. 26:10• 10If favour be shewn to the wicked, he doth not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness he dealeth unjustly, and beholdeth not the majesty of Jehovah. (Isa. 26:10)
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Isa. 57:11• 11And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor taken it to heart? Have not I even of long time held my peace, and thou fearest me not? (Isa. 57:11)
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Rom. 2:4‑5• 4or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads thee to repentance?
 5but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up to thyself wrath, in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, (Rom. 2:4‑5)
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2 Peter 3:9• 9The Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)
thoughtest.
Psa. 73:11• 11And they say, How can *God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High? (Psa. 73:11)
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Psa. 94:7‑11• 7And say, Jah will not see, neither will the God of Jacob regard it.
 8Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
 9He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
 10He that instructeth the nations, shall not he correct--he that teacheth man knowledge?
 11Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. (Psa. 94:7‑11)
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Num. 23:19• 19*God is not a man, that he should lie; neither a son of man, that he should repent. Shall he say and not do? and shall he speak and not make it good? (Num. 23:19)
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Isa. 40:15‑18• 15Behold, the nations are esteemed as a drop of the bucket, and as the fine dust on the scales; behold, he taketh up the isles as an atom.
 16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.
 17All the nations are as nothing before him; they are esteemed by him less than a cipher, and vanity.
 18To whom then will ye liken *God? and what likeness will ye compare unto him? (Isa. 40:15‑18)
that I was altogether such an one as thyself.Or, as Bishop Horsley renders, "that I AM [{Eheyeh}] is such an one as thyself."
Ex. 3:14• 14And God said to Moses, I AM THAT I AM. And he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel: I AM hath sent me unto you. (Ex. 3:14)
will.
Psa. 50:8• 8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, or thy burnt-offerings, continually before me; (Psa. 50:8)
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Prov. 29:1• 1He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and without remedy. (Prov. 29:1)
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Rev. 3:19• 19I rebuke and discipline as many as I love; be zealous therefore and repent. (Rev. 3:19)
set.
Psa. 90:8• 8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. (Psa. 90:8)
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Eccl. 12:14• 14For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil. (Eccl. 12:14)
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Amos 8:7• 7Jehovah hath sworn by the glory of Jacob, Certainly I will never forget any of their works. (Amos 8:7)
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1 Cor. 4:5• 5So that do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord shall come, who shall also both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of hearts; and then shall each have his praise from God. (1 Cor. 4:5)
• Because God had kept silence in long patience, the world may fancy he is to be dealt with as man is, with outward forms, sacrifices, ceremonies, and no conscience, and that God sees no further, but God sets before man what he has done. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 49-54” by J.N. Darby)
• Yet, because God kept silence, and bore long in patience, men thought that all was well, and that God, like themselves, was satisfied with outward religious observances. (“Psalms 50” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.