Psalm 50:3 “Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him…”

Psalm 50:3

Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

World English Bible

Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.

American Standard Version

Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence: A fire devoureth before him, And it is very tempestuous round about him.

Geneva Bible 1599

Our God shall come and shall not keepe silence: a fire shall deuoure before him, and a mightie tempest shall be mooued round about him.

Darby Translation

Our God will come, and will not keep silence: fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

Young's Literal Translation

Our God cometh, and is not silent, Fire before Him doth devour, And round about him it hath been very tempestuous.

Bible in Basic English

Our God will come, and will not keep quiet; with fire burning before him, and storm-winds round him.

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Cross references

“Our”

Psalm 48:14 Psalm 68:20 Revelation 22:20

Psalm 48:14 · BSB

For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.

Psalm 68:20 · BSB

Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.

Revelation 22:20 · BSB

He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!

“keep”

Psalm 50:21 Psalm 83:1 Isaiah 42:13 Isaiah 42:14 Isaiah 65:6 Isaiah 65:7

Psalm 50:21 · BSB

You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.

Psalm 83:1 · BSB

O God, be not silent; be not speechless; be not still, O God.

Isaiah 42:13 · BSB

The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:

Isaiah 42:14 · BSB

“I have kept silent from ages past; I have remained quiet and restrained. But now I will groan like a woman in labor; I will at once gasp and pant.

Isaiah 65:6 · BSB

Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,

Isaiah 65:7 · BSB

both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”

“a fire”

Numbers 16:35 Daniel 7:10 Leviticus 10:2 Matthew 3:12 Malachi 4:1 Exodus 19:18

Numbers 16:35 · BSB

And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.

Daniel 7:10 · BSB

A river of fire was flowing, coming out from His presence. Thousands upon thousands attended Him, and myriads upon myriads stood before Him. The court was convened, and the books were opened.

Leviticus 10:2 · BSB

So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.

Matthew 3:12 · BSB

His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

Malachi 4:1 · BSB

“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left…

Exodus 19:18 · BSB

Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.

“it shall”

Psalm 18:7–15 Psalm 97:4 Psalm 97:5

Psalm 18:7–15 · BSB

Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.

Psalm 97:4 · BSB

His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.

Psalm 97:5 · BSB

The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.

Also

Psalm 96:13

Psalm 96:13 · BSB

before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.

4He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:

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