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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,{HR}Therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
 12Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his days,{HR}Yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, (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 leadeth thee to repentance? (Rom. 2:4)
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2 Peter 3:9• 9[The] 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 not be silent:{HR}A fire before him shall devour,{HR}And around him it shall be very tempestuous. (Psa. 50:3)
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Psa. 109:1‑3• 1To the chief musician, a psalm of David.{HR}God of my praise, be not silent.
 2For [the] mouth of [the] wicked one{HR}And [the] mouth of deceit are opened against me:{HR}They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
 3And [with] words of hatred they have surrounded me{HR}And have fought against me without cause. (Psa. 109:1‑3)
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Eccl. 8:11‑12• 11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily,{HR}Therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
 12Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and prolong his days,{HR}Yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, (Eccl. 8:11‑12)
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Isa. 26:10• 10If favour be shown unto the wicked, he doth not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he dealeth unjustly and doth not behold the majesty of Jehovah. (Isa. 26:10)
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Isa. 57:11• 11And of whom hast thou been afraid and in fear, that thou hast lied and not remembered me, nor laid [it] to thy heart? Have not I held my peace even of long time, 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 leadeth thee to repentance?
 5But according to thy hardness and unrepentant heart thou treasurest to thyself wrath in [the] day of wrath and revelation of God's righteous judgment, (Rom. 2:4‑5)
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2 Peter 3:9• 9[The] 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 should God (El) know?{HR}And is there knowledge in the Most High? (Psa. 73:11)
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Psa. 94:7‑11• 7And they say, Jah will not see,{HR}Nor will the God of Jacob consider.
 8Consider, ye brutish among the people,{HR}And fools, when will ye be wise?
 9He that planted the ear, shall he not hear?{HR}He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
 10He that disciplineth the nations, shall he not correct—{HR}He that teacheth man knowledge?
 11Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man,{HR}That they [are] vanity. (Psa. 94:7‑11)
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Num. 23:19• 19Elohim is not a man, that he should lie;{HR}Neither the son of man, that he should repent:{HR}Hath he said, and shall he not do it?{HR}Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? (Num. 23:19)
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Isa. 40:15‑18• 15Behold, the nations are counted as a drop from a bucket, and as the fine dust on the balance; 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; and they are counted to him less than nothing, 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 WHAT I AM; and he said, Thus shalt thou say to the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me to you. (Ex. 3:14)
will.
Psa. 50:8• 8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices{HR}And thy burnt offerings continually before me. (Psa. 50:8)
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Prov. 29:1• 1He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck,{HR}Shall suddenly be destroyed, and without remedy. (Prov. 29:1)
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Rev. 3:19• 19I, as many as I love, rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore and repent. (Rev. 3:19)
set.
Psa. 90:8• 8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee,{HR}Our secret [sins] in the light of thy face. (Psa. 90:8)
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Eccl. 12:14• 14For God shall bring every work into judgment,{HR}With every hidden thing,{HR}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 then judge nothing prematurely until the Lord shall have come, who shall both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of the 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. (“Psalm 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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These things hast thou done, and I kept silence;{HR}Thou thoughtest I was altogether, like thee.{HR}I will reprove thee and set [them] in order before thine eyes.