The Bible Study Podcast, episode 389.

Today, the Bible Study podcast continues the study of Psalms with Psalm 50.

Welcome to the Bible Study podcast. I'm your host, Chris Christensen.

We continue on with Psalm 50 today,

which is a Psalm of Asaph. And it goes like this. The mighty one, God, the Lord, speaks and summons

the earth from the rising of the sun to where it sets. From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.

Our God comes and will not be silent a fire devours before him and around him a tempest rages he summons the heavens above and the earth that he may judge his people gather to me this consecrated people who made a covenant with me by sacrifice, and the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for he is a God of justice.

That's one of those Psalms that looks at God and seems to be looking at His Majesty.

Now we're going to learn here in a little bit that God is not so pleased.

He is gathering his people, and he is going to give them a word of

rebuke. But first, let's look at this particular section here where we talk about God, the

mighty one, the Lord, summoning the people, perfect in beauty as he comes with this devouring

fire and this tempest raging, just this picture of this God coming in judgment. This is a terrifying vision of God.

This is an awe-inspiring vision of God. This is the God of power. This is the God of justice.

This is the God you don't want to be mad at you. And he is calling his people, he has consecrated

people, the people who have been set apart for him,

the people who have made promises, the people who have made a covenant.

And we are told that he is a God of justice.

Now, justice is something that we all tend to be a fan of when we're not the ones who did wrong. Obviously, when we do wrong,

we're more of a fan of a God of mercy. But when somebody else does wrong, when terrible things happen,

we cry out, why isn't there justice? But this is a God of justice coming, and it's a God of

justice coming to his people, but he is mad at them, as we'll see in

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