As I consider Psalm 50 I realize: God will come and judge the earth. He will not be angry for the sacrifices we should have been offering (he owns everything anyway). He wants the stuff that is easy for us to give: to offer thanksgiving, keep our promises to hem, calling upon him for advice, for comfort, to request blessing (for others and ourselves), for protection, when in trouble etc (vs14, 15).
Why is it hard to ask God for help when I am in trouble, am angry, need money, don’t know what to do about the family? I think the Psalm shows God wants me to ask. When I am feeling the least godly is when God wants to be involved. He wants me to act to involve him in my life.
The psalm also speaks to what the wicked do: Although religious appearing people talk of his statutes and take God’s covenant with their mouth, they hate instruction by casting his words behind them; i.e. they do not act out the instructions. They see evil and consent with it. The commit adultery even if only with their eyes. They give mouth to evil. They frame deceit. They slander their brothers, both their fellows and family alike.
