Psalms 50:16 meaning and explanation
To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
Psalms 50:16, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is God, through the Levite Asaph, in a psalm that pictures a courtroom where heaven and earth are summoned as witnesses. Having addressed Israel's worshipers about empty ritual, God now turns to the wicked within the covenant community.
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