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Contemporary English Version

Psalms 50:5

"Call my followers together! They offered me a sacrifice, and we made an agreement."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Decision;   God Continued...;   Judgment;   Scofield Reference Index - Judgments;   The Topic Concordance - Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ;   Gathering;   Judges;   Righteousness;   Saints;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Sacrifices;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Asaph;   Psalms, the Book of;   Sacrifice;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ancient of Days;   Cattle;   Covenant;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Asaph;   English Versions;   Gift, Giving;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jonah;   Psalms;   Sin;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Saint;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Psalms the book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Ather;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Justice;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for November 9;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Gather my faithful ones to me,those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
Hebrew Names Version
"Gather my holy ones together to me, Those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice."
King James Version
Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
English Standard Version
"Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!"
New Century Version
He says, "Gather around, you who worship me, who have made an agreement with me, using a sacrifice."
New English Translation
He says: "Assemble my covenant people before me, those who ratified a covenant with me by sacrifice!"
Amplified Bible
"Gather My godly ones to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice."
New American Standard Bible
"Gather My godly ones to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice."
World English Bible
"Gather my saints together to me, Those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Gather my Saints together vnto me, those that make a couenant with me with sacrifice.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Gather My holy ones to Me,Those who have cut a covenant with Me by sacrifice."
Berean Standard Bible
"Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice."
Complete Jewish Bible
"Gather to me my faithful, those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice."
Darby Translation
Gather unto me my godly ones, those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice!
Easy-to-Read Version
He says, "My followers, gather around me. Come, my worshipers, who made an agreement with me."
George Lamsa Translation
Gather unto him, O you, his saints, those that have made a covenant with him by sacrifice.
Good News Translation
He says, "Gather my faithful people to me, those who made a covenant with me by offering a sacrifice."
Lexham English Bible
"Gather to me my loyal ones, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice."
Literal Translation
Gather My saints together to Me, those who cut My covenant by sacrifice.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Gather my sayntes together vnto me, those yt set more by the couenaunt then by eny offeringe.
American Standard Version
Gather my saints together unto me, Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
Bible in Basic English
Let my saints come together to me; those who have made an agreement with me by offerings.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Gather My saints together unto Me; those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.'
King James Version (1611)
Gather my Saints together vnto mee: those that haue made a couenant with me, by sacrifice.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Gather my saintes together vnto me: those that haue made a couenaunt with me with sacrifice.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Assemble ye his saints to him, those that have engaged in a covenant with him upon sacrifices.
English Revised Version
Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Gadere ye to hym hise seyntis; that ordeynen his testament aboue sacrifices.
Update Bible Version
Gather my saints together to me, Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
Webster's Bible Translation
Gather my saints together to me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
New King James Version
"Gather My saints together to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice."
New Living Translation
"Bring my faithful people to me— those who made a covenant with me by giving sacrifices."
New Life Bible
"Gather My holy ones to Me, those who have made an agreement with Me by their gifts given on an altar."
New Revised Standard
"Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Gather yourselves unto me - ye my men of lovingkindness, Who have solemnised my covenant over sacrifice.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(49-5) Gather ye together his saints to him: who set his covenant before sacrifices.
Revised Standard Version
"Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!"
Young's Literal Translation
Gather ye to Me My saints, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Gather My godly ones to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice."

Contextual Overview

1

(A psalm by Asaph.)

From east to west, the powerful Lord God has been calling together everyone on earth. 2 God shines brightly from Zion, the most beautiful city. 3 Our God approaches, but not silently; a flaming fire comes first, and a storm surrounds him. 4 God comes to judge his people. He shouts to the heavens and to the earth, 5 "Call my followers together! They offered me a sacrifice, and we made an agreement." 6 The heavens announce, "God is the judge, and he is always honest."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Gather: Matthew 24:31, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 1 Thessalonians 4:17, 2 Thessalonians 2:1

my saints: Psalms 97:10, Deuteronomy 33:2, Deuteronomy 33:3, Proverbs 2:8, Isaiah 13:3, Zechariah 14:5, 1 Corinthians 6:2, 1 Corinthians 6:3, 1 Thessalonians 3:13, Jude 1:14

made: Exodus 24:3-8, Matthew 26:28, Hebrews 9:10-23, Hebrews 12:24, Hebrews 13:20

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:9 - General Deuteronomy 7:6 - an holy Job 14:15 - shalt call Psalms 20:1 - hear Psalms 85:8 - unto his Isaiah 61:8 - I will make Hebrews 12:23 - God

Cross-References

Genesis 3:19
You will have to sweat to earn a living; you were made out of soil, and you will once again turn into soil."
Genesis 48:21
After that, Jacob said, "Joseph, you can see that I won't live much longer. But God will be with you and will lead you back to the land he promised our family long ago.
Genesis 50:21
Don't be afraid! I will take care of you and your children." After Joseph said this, his brothers felt much better.
Genesis 50:22
Joseph lived in Egypt with his brothers until he died at the age of one hundred ten.
Genesis 50:24
Before Joseph died, he told his brothers, "I won't live much longer. But God will take care of you and lead you out of Egypt to the land he promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Deuteronomy 4:22
So I must stay here and die on this side of the Jordan, but you will cross the river and take the land.
1 Samuel 14:43
"Jonathan," Saul exclaimed, "tell me what you did!" "I dipped the end of my walking stick in some honey and ate a little. Now you say I have to die!"
2 Chronicles 16:14
Earlier, Asa had his own tomb cut out of a rock hill in Jerusalem. So he was buried there, and the tomb was filled with spices and sweet-smelling oils. Then the people built a bonfire in his honor.
Job 30:23
Soon he will send me home to the world of the dead, where we all must go.
Psalms 79:3
All Jerusalem is covered with their blood, and there is no one left to bury them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Gather my saints together unto me,.... These words are spoken by Christ to the heavens and the earth; that is, to the angels, the ministers of the Gospel, to gather in, by the ministry of the word, his elect ones among the Gentiles; see Matthew 24:30; called his "saints", who had an interest in his favour and lovingkindness, and were sanctified or set apart for his service and glory;

those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice; or, "who have made my covenant by, or on sacrifice" s; the covenant of grace, which was made with Christ from everlasting, and which was confirmed by his blood and sacrifice; this his people may be said to make with God in him, he being their head, surety, and representative: now these covenant ones he will have gathered in to himself by the effectual calling, which is usually done by the ministry of the word; for this is not to be understood of the gathering of all nations to him, before him as a Judge; but of his special people to him as a Saviour, the "Shiloh", to whom the gathering of the people was to be, Genesis 49:10.

s So Pagninus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Gather my saints together unto me - This is an address to the messengers employed for assembling those who are to be judged. Similar language is used by the Saviour Matthew 24:31 : “And he (the Son of Man) shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” The idea is, that God will bring them, or assemble them together. All this is language derived froth the notion of a universal judgment, “as if” the scattered people of God were thus gathered together by special messengers sent out for this purpose. The word “saints” here refers to those who are truly his people. The object - the purpose - of the judgment is to assemble in heaven those who are sincerely his friends; or, as the Saviour expresses it Matthew 24:31, his “elect.” Yet in order to this, or in order to determine who “are” his true people, there will be a larger gathering - an assembling of all the dwellers on the earth.

Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice - Exodus 24:6-7. Compare the notes at Hebrews 9:19-22. The idea here is, that they are the professed people of God; that they have entered into a solemn covenant-relation to him, or have bound themselves in the most solemn manner to be his; that they have done this in connection with the sacrifices which accompany their worship; that they have brought their sacrifices or bloody offerings as a pledge that they mean to be his, and will be his. Over these solemn sacrifices made to him, they have bound themselves to be the Lord’s; and the purpose of the judgment now is, to determine whether this was sincere, and whether they have been faithful to their vows. As applied to professed believers under the Christian system, the “idea” here presented would be, that the vow to be the Lord’s has been made over the body and blood of the Redeemer once offered as a sacrifice, and that by partaking of the memorials of that sacrifice they have entered into a solemn “covenant” to be his. Nothing more solemn can be conceived than a “covenant” or pledge entered into in such a manner; and yet nothing is more painfully certain than that the process of a judgment will be necessary to determine in what cases it is genuine, for the mere outward act, no matter how solemn, does not of necessity decide the question whether he who performs it will enter into heaven.


 
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