Psalm 50:6
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New International Version (©2011)
And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for he is a God of justice.

New Living Translation (©2007)
Then let the heavens proclaim his justice, for God himself will be the judge. Interlude

English Standard Version (©2001)
The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! Selah

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge. Selah.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God is the Judge. Selah "

International Standard Version (©2012)
The heavens revealed his justice, for God is himself the judge. Interlude

NET Bible (©2006)
The heavens declare his fairness, for God is judge. (Selah)

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
Heaven will show his righteousness, because God is The Judge.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The heavens announce his righteousness because God is the judge. [Selah]

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

American King James Version
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

American Standard Version
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; For God is judge himself. Selah

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the heavens shall declare his justice: for God is judge.

Darby Bible Translation
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God executeth judgment himself. Selah.

English Revised Version
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God is judge himself. Selah

Webster's Bible Translation
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

World English Bible
The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah.

Young's Literal Translation
And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge. Selah.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

50:1-6 This psalm is a psalm of instruction. It tells of the coming of Christ and the day of judgment, in which God will call men to account; and the Holy Ghost is the Spirit of judgement. All the children of men are concerned to know the right way of worshipping the Lord, in spirit and in truth. In the great day, our God shall come, and make those hear his judgement who would not hearken to his law. Happy are those who come into the covenant of grace, by faith in the Redeemer's atoning sacrifice, and show the sincerity of their love by fruits of righteousness. When God rejects the services of those who rest in outside performances, he will graciously accept those who seek him aright. It is only by sacrifice, by Christ, the great Sacrifice, from whom the sacrifices of the law derived what value they had, that we can be accepted of God. True and righteous are his judgments; even sinners' own consciences will be forced to acknowledge the righteousness of God.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 6. - And the heavens shall declare his righteousness. The angelic host, which comes to witness the judgment of Israel (ver. 4), shall proclaim it a righteous judgment. For God is Judge himself. And he will certainly "do right" (Genesis 18:25).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness,.... That is, either the heavens shall bear witness to his justice and equity in judging his people; or the angels, the ministers of the Gospel, shall declare his justifying righteousness, which is revealed in it, to the saints and covenant ones they shall be a means of gathering in: or rather the justice of Christ in the destruction of the Jews shall be attested and applauded by angels and men, just as the righteousness of God in the destruction of the antichristian powers is celebrated by the angel of the waters, Revelation 16:5;

for God is Judge himself. And not another, or by another; and therefore his judgments must be just and righteous, seeing he is just and true, loves righteousness, and is righteous in all his ways and works.

Selah; on this word; see Gill on Psalm 3:2.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

6. The inhabitants of heaven, who well know God's character, attest His righteousness as a judge.

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The Mighty One Calls
…5Gather my saints together to me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. 6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah. 7Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, even your God. …

Hebrews 12:23 to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
Psalm 7:11 God is a righteous judge, a God who displays his wrath every day.
Psalm 9:4 For you have upheld my right and my cause, sitting enthroned as the righteous judge.
Psalm 19:1 For the director of music. A psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Psalm 75:7 It is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.
Psalm 89:5 The heavens praise your wonders, LORD, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.
Psalm 96:13 Let all creation rejoice before the LORD, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his faithfulness.
Psalm 97:6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all peoples see his glory.
Isaiah 40:21 Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the earth was founded?