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Psalm 50 Author Asaph. In II Chronicles 29:30, Asaph is called a "seer". He probably was the chief musician under David. The Lord shall judge all people. This Psalm is a sermon also. It warns professors of religion of the sin of placing their faith in ritual and neglecting "practical goodness". It is very similar to the warning found in James, "Faith without works is dead".
This Psalm is a Psalm of instruction, not phrase or prayer. It was to be a warning to the Jews, both those who rested their eternity in the observances of religious ritual at the cost of good deeds and those who expounded the Law but did not live it. The Author prophesies the end of the ceremonial Law and the introduction of a spiritual way of worship by the Messiah. He also prophesies the Day of Judgment when men will be judged by "what is written in the books" about them. Christ will be the judge and is described as the glorious Prince that gives law and judgment.
The Author urges them to turn their sacrifices into prayers; cease being hypocrites by having what Paul calls "a form of religion but denying the power of it". In the reading of this Psalm, we must take seriously the warnings here in.
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