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Psalm 50:5
“Gather my saints together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
3Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.
4He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people:
5“Gather my saints together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
6The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah.
7“Hear, my people, and I will speak. Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
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God gathers those he calls “my saints” into a scene of judgment, giving covenant belonging a weight that comfort alone cannot carry.
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Hebrews 13:20Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus,Psalm 50 links covenant with sacrifice; Hebrews speaks of an eternal covenant with blood and names the risen Jesus.
Matthew 26:28for this is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many for the remission of sins.Covenant and sacrificial cost connect these passages; Matthew names Jesus’ blood and the remission of sins.
Exodus 24:3–8Moses came and told the people all the LORD’s words, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, “All the words which the …Psalm 50 identifies a covenant people; the supplied Exodus verse records the people pledging to do all that God has spoken.
Deuteronomy 7:6For you are a holy people to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face …Both describe a people who belong to God, called his saints in the psalm and his own possession in Deuteronomy.
Hebrews 12:24to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.Psalm 50 speaks of covenant by sacrifice; Hebrews names Jesus as mediator of a new covenant and speaks of sprinkled blood.
Deuteronomy 33:2–3He said, “The LORD came from Sinai, and rose from Seir to them. He shone from Mount Paran. He came from the ten thousands of holy ones. At his right hand was a …Both portray God in relation to holy ones; Deuteronomy describes his coming, while the psalm commands a gathering to him.
Psalm 20:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,Both concern people in relation to God, though Psalm 20 asks for help and Psalm 50 summons covenant members.
Psalm 30:4Sing praise to the LORD, you saints of his. Give thanks to his holy name.Both address people as God's saints, gathered to him in Psalm 50 and urged to praise him in Psalm 30.
Matthew 24:31He will send out his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the …Both describe the gathering of a people identified as belonging to God, with Matthew naming angels as those who gather.
Hebrews 9:10–23being only (with foods and drinks and various washings) fleshly ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.Sacrifice and bodily ordinances give these passages a shared concern with worship practices; the supplied Hebrews verse says nothing about gathering.
Psalm 97:10You who love the LORD, hate evil! He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.Both identify God's saints as his own; Psalm 50 summons them, while Psalm 97 speaks of their preservation and deliverance.
1 Thessalonians 3:13to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.Both speak of saints in God's presence, with the psalm describing a summons and Thessalonians looking toward Jesus’ coming.
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The summons is sober: God gathers his own people to hear his judgment. His claim on them remains explicit, and the surrounding verses declare that his judgment is righteous.
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