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Psa 50:21 — These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether [such an one] as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

I kept		Psa 50:3; Psa 109:1-3; Ecc 8:11,12; Isa 26:10; Isa 57:11; Rom 2:4,5; 2Pe 3:9
thoughtest		Psa 73:11; Psa 94:7-11; Num 23:19; Isa 40:15-18
that I was altogether such an one as thyself		"Or, as Bishop Horsley renders, ""that I AM [ Eheyeh ] is such an one as thyself."" Exd 3:14"
will		Psa 50:8; Pro 29:1; Rev 3:19
set		Psa 90:8; Ecc 12:14; Amo 8:7; 1Cr 4:5

Correlating Passages

I kept

	Psa 50:3	Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
	Psa 109:1	[[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]] Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
	Psa 109:2	For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
	Psa 109:3	They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
	Ecc 8:11	Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
	Ecc 8:12	Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his [days] be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
	Isa 26:10	Let favour be shewed to the wicked, [yet] will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
	Isa 57:11	And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid [it] to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
	Rom 2:4	Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
	Rom 2:5	But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
	2Pe 3:9	The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

thoughtest

	Psa 73:11	And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
	Psa 94:7	Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard [it].
	Psa 94:8	Understand, ye brutish among the people: and [ye] fools, when will ye be wise?
	Psa 94:9	He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
	Psa 94:10	He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, [shall not he know]?
	Psa 94:11	The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they [are] vanity.
	Num 23:19	God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
	Isa 40:15	Behold, the nations [are] as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
	Isa 40:16	And Lebanon [is] not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
	Isa 40:17	All nations before him [are] as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.
	Isa 40:18	To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

that I was altogether such an one as thyself

Exd 3:14

And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

will

	Psa 50:8	I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, [to have been] continually before me.
	Pro 29:1	He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
	Rev 3:19	As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

set

	Psa 90:8	Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in the light of thy countenance.
	Ecc 12:14	For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether [it be] good, or whether [it be] evil.
	Amo 8:7	The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
	1Cr 4:5	Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 50:21," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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