The Meaning of Psalms 50:20 Explained

Psalms 50:20

KJV: Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

YLT: Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.

Darby: Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother, thou revilest thine own mother's son:

ASV: Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

Discover Psalms 50:20

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Psalms 50:20?

MEANING: What does Psalms 50:20 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Psalms 50:20 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Psalms 50:20?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou sittest  [and] speakest  against thy brother;  thou  slanderest  thine own mother's  son. 

What does Psalms 50:20 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 50:16-23 - God's Warning To The Wicked
These searching words are for us all. We have no right to declare God's statutes, if our hearts hide wickedness in their secret chambers. We must not share ill-gotten money. Impurity, deceit, slander must be far from us, if we would have fellowship with God in prayer or service. God's silence must not be taken as indifference, for He is carefully watching each word and act; and if we persist, He will arise and set out all these unforgiven sins in order before the quickened vision of the soul.
Notice the two final conditions of a blessed life, Psalms 50:23. First, we must offer the sacrifice of praise, for we are priests and must not be slack in presenting the fruit of our lips. See Hebrews 13:15. But in addition we must order our behavior, or way, aright. It is a solemn thing to be entrusted with the great opportunity of living. Every passing moment should have something committed to it to keep in store. We dare not live by haphazard or chance. We must order our ways with prayerful deliberation. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 50

1  The majesty of God in the church
5  His order to gather his saints
7  The pleasure of God is not in ceremonies
14  but in sincerity of obedience

What do the individual words in Psalms 50:20 mean?

You sit against your brother [and] speak son Of your own mother You slander
תֵּ֭שֵׁב בְּאָחִ֣יךָ תְדַבֵּ֑ר בְּבֶֽן־ אִ֝מְּךָ֗ תִּתֶּן־ דֹּֽפִי

תֵּ֭שֵׁב  You  sit 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
בְּאָחִ֣יךָ  against  your  brother 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
תְדַבֵּ֑ר  [and]  speak 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.
בְּבֶֽן־  son 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אִ֝מְּךָ֗  Of  your  own  mother 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אֵם  
Sense: mother.
דֹּֽפִי  slander 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: דֳּפִי  
Sense: a blemish, fault.

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