Psalms 50:3

Psalms 50:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
• New International Version (NIV)Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a tempest rages.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent; A fire shall devour before Him, And it shall be very tempestuous all around Him.

Context of Psalms 50:3

1The mighty One, God, the Lord, has spoken, And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting [from east to west]. 2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone forth. May our God come and not keep silent; Fire devours before Him, And around Him a mighty tempest rages. 4He summons the heavens above, And the earth, to judge His people: 5“Gather My godly ones to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

Psalms 50:3 word by word

יָ֤בֹ֥א אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ וְֽאַל־יֶ֫חֱרַ֥שׁ אֵשׁ־לְפָנָ֥יו תֹּאכֵ֑ל וּ֝סְבִיבָ֗יו נִשְׂעֲרָ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Our Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• shall comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• and shall not keep silenceחָרֵשׁchârash · be quietH2790
• a fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• shall devourאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• him, and it shall be veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• tempestuousשָׂעַרώâ‛ar · to stormH8175
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439

Cross-references for Psalms 50:3

• Psalms 48:14For this is God, Our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even until death.
• Psalms 68:20God is to us a God of acts of salvation; And to God the Lord belong escapes from death [setting us free].
• Revelation 22:20He who testifies and affirms these things says, “Yes, I am coming quickly.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
• Psalms 50:21These things you have done and I kept silent; You thought that I was just like you. Now I will reprimand and denounce you and state the case in order before your eyes.
• Psalms 83:1Do not keep silent, O God; Do not hold Your peace or be still, O God.
• Isaiah 42:13The Lord will go forth like a warrior, He will stir up His zeal like a man of war; He will shout out, yes, He will raise a war cry. He will prevail [mightily] against His enemies.
• Isaiah 65:6Indeed, it is written before Me, I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will even repay it [directly] into their arms,
• Psalms 97:3Fire goes before Him And burns up His adversaries on all sides.
• Exodus 19:18Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke because the Lord descended upon it in fire; its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.
• Leviticus 10:2And fire came out from the presence of the Lord and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.
• Numbers 16:35Fire also came forth from the Lord and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense.
• Deuteronomy 9:3So know today [with confident assurance] that the Lord your God is crossing [the Jordan] before you like a devouring fire. He will destroy them and He will subdue them before you, and you shall drive them out and destroy them quickly, just as the Lord has promised you.
• 1 Kings 19:11So He said, “Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord was passing by, and a great and powerful wind was tearing out the mountains and breaking the rocks in pieces before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind, [there was] an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.
• Daniel 7:10A river of fire was flowing And coming out from before Him; A thousand thousands were attending Him, And ten thousand times ten thousand were standing before Him; The court was seated, And the books were opened.
• Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before Him And the hills melt away; Indeed the earth is shaken by His presence— Yes, the world and all that dwell in it.
• Habakkuk 3:5Before Him goes the pestilence [of judgment as in Egypt], And [the burning] plague [of condemnation] follows at His feet [as in Sennacherib’s army].

Commentaries on Psalms 50:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Our God shall come - That is, he will come to judgment. This language is derived from the supposition that God “will” judge the world, and it shows that this doctrine was understood and believed by the Hebrews. The New Testament has stated the fact that this will be done by the coming of his Son Jesus Christ to gather the nations before him, and to pronounce tile final sentence on mankind: Matthew 25:31; Acts 17:31; Acts 10:42; John 5:22. And shall not…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3The whole universe must pay attention when God approaches to bring justice into the world.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-231-4. The description of this majestic appearance of God resembles that of His giving the law (compare Ex 19:16; 20:18; De 32:1).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 50:3

• Judgment

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Commentaries on Psalms 50

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings