Psalm 50

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Psalm 50 is a biblical psalm that presents God as a righteous judge calling His people to sincere worship and moral integrity rather than mere ritual.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Psalm 50 canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Biblical psalm ⓘ
Religious text ⓘ
addresses Israel ⓘ
addressesGroup Those who offer sacrifices without obedience ⓘ
Those who recite statutes but hate discipline ⓘ
attributedTo Asaph ⓘ
canonicalStatus Canonical scripture ⓘ
collection Psalms of Asaph ⓘ
containsImage God appearing in fire and tempest ⓘ
God summoning heaven and earth as witnesses ⓘ
emphasizes Moral integrity over ritual observance ⓘ
Sincere worship over sacrifice ⓘ
eschatologicalTone Imagery of a judicial theophany ⓘ
genre Liturgical poetry ⓘ
Psalm ⓘ
hasNumber 50 ⓘ
keyConcept Formal worship is invalid without righteousness ⓘ
God owns all creation and needs no animal sacrifices ⓘ
keyVerse Psalm 50:14 "Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving" ⓘ
Psalm 50:23 "He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me" ⓘ
language Hebrew ⓘ
literaryDivision Address to the faithful about sacrifices ⓘ
Opening summons of God as judge ⓘ
Rebuke of the wicked ⓘ
liturgicalUse Christian liturgy ⓘ
Jewish liturgy ⓘ
moralFocus Call to gratitude and obedience ⓘ
Condemnation of hypocrisy ⓘ
openingWordsEnglish "The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks" (common English rendering of v.1) ⓘ
openingWordsHebrewTransliteration "El Elohim YHWH diber" ⓘ
partOf Book of Psalms ⓘ
linked to: Psalms

Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Bible
positionInPsalter First psalm of Asaph ⓘ
linked to: Psalms of Asaph
promises Salvation to those who order their way aright ⓘ
quotedOrAlludedIn Christian preaching on worship and judgment ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
structureFeature Divine speech in first person ⓘ
textualNumbering Psalm 49 in the Septuagint ⓘ
linked to: Psalm 49

Psalm 49 in the Vulgate ⓘ
linked to: Psalm 49
theme Condemnation of empty ritual ⓘ
Covenant faithfulness ⓘ
Divine judgment ⓘ
Ethical obedience ⓘ
God as righteous judge ⓘ
True worship ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asaph → creditedWith → Psalm 50 ⓘ
Psalms of Asaph → containsPsalm → Psalm 50 ⓘ