Text -- Psalms 50:4 (NET)

50:4 He summons the heavens above, as well as the earth, so that he might judge his people.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 50:4

¹ tn Or perhaps “to testify against his people.”

sn The personified heavens and earth (see v. 1 as well) are summoned to God’s courtroom as witnesses against God’s covenant people (see Isa 1:2). Long before this Moses warned the people that the heavens and earth would be watching their actions (see Deut 4:26; 30:19; 31:28; 32:1).