Psalms 50:3
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
Psalms 50:3 in other translations
| BSB | Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him. |
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| WEB | Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him. |
| ASV | Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence: A fire devoureth before him, And it is very tempestuous round about him. |
| YLT | Our God cometh, and is not silent, Fire before Him doth devour, And round about him it hath been very tempestuous. |
| DARBY | Our God will come, and will not keep silence: fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. |
| BBE | Our God will come, and will not keep quiet; with fire burning before him, and storm-winds round him. |
| Webster | Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous around him. |
What does Psalms 50:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 50:1-4
Psa 50:1-23. In the grandeur and solemnity of a divine judgment, God is introduced as instructing men in the nature of true worship, exposing hypocrisy, warning the wicked, and encouraging the pious. 1-4. The description of this majestic appearance of God resembles that of His giving the law (compare Ex 19:16; 20:18; De 32:1).
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 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…
Psalms 50:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 50:3
- Numbers 16:35
And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
- Daniel 7:10
A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
- Leviticus 10:2
And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.
- Matthew 3:12
Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
- Psalms 97:3-5
A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about. His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled. The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
- Malachi 4:1
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
- Hebrews 12:29
For our God is a consuming fire.
- Revelation 22:20
He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
- Malachi 3:2-3
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap: And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
- Psalms 68:20
He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.
- Psalms 50:21
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
- Psalms 96:13
Before the Lord: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
48:14; 68:20; Re 22:20
keep.
21; 83:1; Isa 42:13,14; 65:6,7
a fire.
97:3; Ex 19:18; Le 10:2; Nu 16:35; De 9:3; 1Ki 19:11,12; Da 7:10
Na 1:5-7; Hab 3:5; Mal 3:2,3; 4:1; Mt 3:12; 2Th 1:8,9; Heb 2:3
Heb 10:28,29; 12:18-21,29
it shall.
18:7-15; 97:4,5
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Context
- Psalms 50:2
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
- Psalms 50:3
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
- Psalms 50:4
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
Psalms 50:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Vendrá nuestro Dios, y no callará: fuego consumirá delante de él, y en derredor suyo habrá tempestad grande. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Notre Dieu viendra, et il ne se taira point; un feu dévorera devant lui, et autour de lui tourbillonnera la tempête; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Unser Gott kommt, und er wird nicht schweigen; Feuer frißt vor ihm her, und rings um ihn stürmt es gewaltig. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Miserere mei, Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam; et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum, dele iniquitatem meam. |