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Psalms 50:6

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

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Psalms 50:6. And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

The very heavens, as they look down upon the august assize where God himself, not by deputy, but in the person of his dear Son, shall sit and judge - the heavens shall declare his righteousness. Now I doubt not the heavens often wonder how it is that God permits the ungodly to be mixed with the righteous in his Church. But ah! when the fan shall be in his hand, and he shall thoroughly purge his floor - when he shall lay justice to the line and righteousness to the plummet - the angels shall wonder at the exactness and accuracy of the divine judgment. "Selah.’ Pause, rest, consider, admire, adore, humble yourself, pray. It is good to have a pause when such a scene as this is before us. Now from the 5th verse down to the 15th verse you have God’s dealing with his people. The Judge is sitting on the throne. He begins to speak thus: -

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