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The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to where it sets. <a href="/nlt/psalms/50.htm">New Living Translation</a> The LORD, the Mighty One, is God, and he has spoken; he has summoned all humanity from where the sun rises to where it sets. <a href="/esv/psalms/50.htm">English Standard Version</a> The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. <a href="/bsb/psalms/50.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets. <a href="/kjv/psalms/50.htm">King James Bible</a> A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. <a href="/nkjv/psalms/50.htm">New King James Version</a> A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, Has spoken and called the earth From the rising of the sun to its going down. <a href="/nasb_/psalms/50.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God, the LORD, has spoken And summoned the earth, from the rising of the sun to its setting. <a href="/nasb/psalms/50.htm">NASB 1995</a> A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God, the LORD, has spoken, And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. <a href="/nasb77/psalms/50.htm">NASB 1977 </a> The Mighty One, God, the LORD, has spoken, And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. <a href="/lsb/psalms/50.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, has spoken, And called the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. <a href="/amp/psalms/50.htm">Amplified Bible</a> A Psalm of Asaph The mighty One, God, the LORD, has spoken, And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting [from east to west]. <a href="/csb/psalms/50.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> A psalm of Asaph. † The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks; he summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. <a href="/hcsb/psalms/50.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> A psalm of Asaph. Yahweh, the God of gods speaks; He summons the earth from east to west. <a href="/asv/psalms/50.htm">American Standard Version</a> A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, hath spoken, And called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. <a href="/cev/psalms/50.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> From east to west, the powerful LORD God has been calling together everyone on earth. <a href="/erv/psalms/50.htm">English Revised Version</a> A Psalm of Asaph. God, even God, the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. <a href="/gwt/psalms/50.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> [A psalm by Asaph.] The LORD, the only true God, has spoken. He has summoned the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets. <a href="/gnt/psalms/50.htm">Good News Translation</a> The Almighty God, the LORD, speaks; he calls to the whole earth from east to west. <a href="/isv/psalms/50.htm">International Standard Version</a> God, the LORD, has spoken. He has summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting place. <a href="/msb/psalms/50.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets. <a href="/net/psalms/50.htm">NET Bible</a> A psalm by Asaph. El, God, the LORD speaks, and summons the earth to come from the east and west. <a href="/nheb/psalms/50.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> [A Psalm by Asaph.] The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks, and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. <a href="/wbt/psalms/50.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising to the setting of the sun. <a href="/web/psalms/50.htm">World English Bible</a> A Psalm by Asaph. The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/psalms/50.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> A PSALM OF ASAPH. The God of gods—YHWH—has spoken, "" And He calls to the earth "" From the rising of the sun to its going in. <a href="/ylt/psalms/50.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> A Psalm of Asaph. The God of gods -- Jehovah -- hath spoken, And He calleth to the earth From the rising of the sun unto its going in. <a href="/slt/psalms/50.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Chanting to Asaph. The God of gods, Jehovah spake, and he will call the earth from the rising of the sun even to its going down.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/psalms/50.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> A psalm for Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken: and he hath called the earth. From the rising of the sun, to the going down thereof: <a href="/cpdv/psalms/50.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> <V 49:1>A Psalm of Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord has spoken, and he has called the earth, from the rising of the sun even to its setting, <a href="/nabre/psalms/50.htm">New American Bible</a> A psalm of Asaph. The God of gods, the LORD, has spoken and summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. <a href="/nrsvce/psalms/50.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The mighty one, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/psalms/50.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> THE God of gods, the LORD, has spoken and called the earth from the rising of the sun to the going down thereof. <a href="/hpbt/psalms/50.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> The God of gods, LORD JEHOVAH, has spoken, and called the Earth from the risings of the sun and unto its settings.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/psalms/50.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> A Psalm of Asaph. God, God, the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth From the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. <a href="/sep/psalms/50.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> A Psalm for Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to the going down thereof. <a href="/parallel/psalms/50-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=5858" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/psalms/50.htm">The Mighty One Calls</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/4210.htm" title="4210: miz·mō·wr (N-ms) -- A melody. From zamar; properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes.">A Psalm</a> <a href="/hebrew/623.htm" title="623: lə·’ā·sāp̄ (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- Gatherer, the name of several Isr. From 'acaph; collector; Asaph, the name of three Israelites, and of the family of the first.">of Asaph.</a> <a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="410: ’êl (N-msc) -- God, in pl. gods. Shortened from 'ayil; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty."> The Mighty One,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕlō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·ber (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">speaks</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: way·yiq·rā- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">and summons</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ā·reṣ (N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/4217.htm" title="4217: mim·miz·ra·ḥō·še- (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Place of sunrise, the east. From zarach; sunrise, i.e. The east.">from where the sun rises</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3996.htm" title="3996: mə·ḇō·’ōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Entrance, a coming in, entering. From bow'; an entrance; specifically sunset or the west; also towards.">where it sets.</a> <a href="/hebrew/8121.htm" title="8121: meš (N-cs) -- From an unused root meaning to be brilliant; the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. A notched battlement."></a> 2From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2</a> Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me. <a href="/deuteronomy/32-1.htm">Deuteronomy 32:1</a> Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. <a href="/micah/1-2.htm">Micah 1:2</a> Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple. <a href="/isaiah/42-13.htm">Isaiah 42:13</a> 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: <a href="/amos/3-13.htm">Amos 3:13</a> Hear and testify against the house of Jacob, declares the Lord GOD, the God of Hosts. <a href="/jeremiah/25-30.htm">Jeremiah 25:30</a> So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth. <a href="/joel/3-16.htm">Joel 3:16</a> The LORD will roar from Zion and raise His voice from Jerusalem; heaven and earth will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for His people, a stronghold for the people of Israel. <a href="/isaiah/66-6.htm">Isaiah 66:6</a> Hear the uproar from the city; listen to the voice from the temple! It is the voice of the LORD, repaying His enemies what they deserve! <a href="/zephaniah/1-7.htm">Zephaniah 1:7</a> Be silent in the presence of the Lord GOD, for the Day of the LORD is near. Indeed, the LORD has prepared a sacrifice; He has consecrated His guests. <a href="/malachi/1-11.htm">Malachi 1:11</a> For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/revelation/1-8.htm">Revelation 1:8</a> “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty. <a href="/hebrews/12-25.htm">Hebrews 12:25</a> See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven? <a href="/matthew/24-31.htm">Matthew 24:31</a> And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. <a href="/john/5-25.htm">John 5:25</a> Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16</a> For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>The mighty God, even the LORD, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to the going down thereof.(Title.<a href="/psalms/73-1.htm">Psalm 73:1</a> A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.<a href="/psalms/83-1.htm">Psalm 83:1</a> A Song or Psalm of Asaph. Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.<a href="/1_chronicles/15-17.htm">1 Chronicles 15:17</a> So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;mighty<a href="/psalms/145-3.htm">Psalm 145:3-6</a> Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable… <a href="/genesis/17-1.htm">Genesis 17:1</a> And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.<a href="/joshua/22-22.htm">Joshua 22:22</a> The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,)even<a href="/1_kings/18-21.htm">1 Kings 18:21,36,37</a> And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word… <a href="/isaiah/37-20.htm">Isaiah 37:20</a> Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.<a href="/isaiah/54-5.htm">Isaiah 54:5</a> For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.hath spoken<a href="/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2</a> Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.<a href="/amos/3-8.htm">Amos 3:8</a> The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?called<a href="/psalms/49-1.htm">Psalm 49:1,2</a> To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: … <a href="/psalms/113-3.htm">Psalm 113:3</a> From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised.<a href="/malachi/1-11.htm">Malachi 1:11</a> For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/49-20.htm">Asaph</a> <a href="/psalms/83-1.htm">Asaph&Gt</a> <a href="/psalms/42-7.htm">Calls</a> <a href="/psalms/48-10.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/psalms/49-16.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/psalms/48-10.htm">Full</a> <a href="/psalms/40-4.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/psalms/45-3.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/psalms/49-20.htm">Psalm</a> <a href="/psalms/19-6.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/psalms/36-4.htm">Sets</a> <a href="/job/5-11.htm">Setting</a> <a href="/psalms/41-6.htm">Speaks</a> <a href="/job/9-16.htm">Summoned</a> <a href="/numbers/16-12.htm">Summons</a> <a href="/psalms/37-6.htm">Sun</a> <a href="/2_samuel/23-4.htm">Sunrise</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-34.htm">Sunset</a> <a href="/psalms/48-12.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/psalms/47-1.htm">Voice</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/72-20.htm">Asaph</a> <a href="/psalms/74-1.htm">Asaph&Gt</a> <a href="/psalms/50-4.htm">Calls</a> <a href="/psalms/50-4.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/psalms/50-22.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/psalms/51-8.htm">Full</a> <a href="/psalms/58-1.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/psalms/50-3.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/psalms/50-23.htm">Psalm</a> <a href="/psalms/76-9.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/psalms/68-6.htm">Sets</a> <a href="/psalms/104-19.htm">Setting</a> <a href="/psalms/68-33.htm">Speaks</a> <a href="/psalms/105-16.htm">Summoned</a> <a href="/psalms/50-4.htm">Summons</a> <a href="/psalms/58-8.htm">Sun</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-4.htm">Sunrise</a> <a href="/psalms/65-8.htm">Sunset</a> <a href="/psalms/50-12.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/psalms/50-4.htm">Voice</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 50</div>1. <a href="/psalms/50-1.htm">The majesty of God in the church</a> 5. <a href="/psalms/50-5.htm">His order to gather his saints</a> 7. <a href="/psalms/50-7.htm">The pleasure of God is not in ceremonies</a> 14. <a href="/psalms/50-14.htm">but in sincerity of obedience</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/50.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/50.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>A Psalm of Asaph. Asaph was a prominent Levite musician appointed by King David to lead worship in the tabernacle. He is credited with writing several psalms, indicating his role as both a musician and a prophet. The Asaphite psalms often focus on God's sovereignty, justice, and the importance of true worship.The Mighty One, God the LORD, This phrase emphasizes the power and authority of God, using three distinct titles: "The Mighty One," "God," and "the LORD." The use of "The Mighty One" underscores God's strength and omnipotence. "God" (Elohim) is a general term for deity, while "the LORD" (Yahweh) is the covenant name of God, highlighting His personal relationship with Israel. This triadic title reflects the fullness of God's character and His supreme authority over all creation.speaks and summons the earth God's ability to speak and summon the earth demonstrates His sovereign control over the entire world. This echoes the creation narrative in Genesis, where God speaks the world into existence. It also reflects the prophetic tradition where God's word is powerful and effective, accomplishing His purposes. The summoning of the earth suggests a call to judgment or assembly, indicating that all creation is accountable to its Creator.from where the sun rises to where it sets. This phrase signifies the universality of God's dominion, covering the entire earth from east to west. It implies that God's authority and presence are not limited to Israel but extend to all nations. This global perspective is consistent with the biblical theme of God's ultimate plan for all peoples, as seen in prophecies like <a href="/isaiah/45-6.htm">Isaiah 45:6</a>, which declares that all will know there is no other God. It also prefigures the Great Commission in <a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19</a>, where Jesus commands His disciples to make disciples of all nations.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_mighty_one,_god_the_lord.htm">The Mighty One, God the LORD</a> This refers to God Himself, emphasizing His power and authority. The Hebrew words used here are "El" (Mighty One) and "Yahweh" (LORD), highlighting both His strength and His covenant relationship with His people. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_earth.htm">The Earth</a> Represents all of creation, which God has authority over. The earth is summoned by God, indicating His sovereign control over the entire world. 3. <a href="/topical/r/rising_to_the_setting_of_the_sun.htm">Rising to the Setting of the Sun</a> This phrase signifies the entirety of the earth, from east to west, symbolizing God's universal dominion and the reach of His voice.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a> Recognize that God is sovereign over all creation. His authority is not limited by geography or time. <a href="/topical/g/god's_call_to_humanity.htm">God's Call to Humanity</a> Understand that God’s summoning of the earth is a call to all people to recognize His authority and respond to His voice. <a href="/topical/u/universal_reach_of_god's_word.htm">Universal Reach of God's Word</a> Reflect on the fact that God’s word and authority extend to every corner of the earth, reminding us of the global mission of the Gospel. <a href="/topical/r/response_to_god's_authority.htm">Response to God's Authority</a> Consider how we respond to God’s authority in our daily lives. Are we listening and obeying His call? <a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a> Trust in God’s faithfulness as the covenant-keeping LORD, who is both powerful and relational.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_50.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 50</a> <a href="/q/does_psalm_50_1_imply_a_geocentric_view.htm">In Psalm 50:1, does “from the rising of the sun…” suggest an outdated, geocentric view that conflicts with modern astronomy? </a> <a href="/q/who_is_asaph_in_the_bible.htm">Who is Asaph in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/does_job_14_19_conflict_with_miracles.htm">In Job 14:19, is the natural, erosive power of water wearing down stones at odds with the miracles and divine interventions reported elsewhere in scripture?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_psalm_96_5_fit_with_the_big_bang.htm">Psalm 96:5 proclaims the Lord 'made the heavens,' so how does this fit with current cosmological theories such as the Big Bang and the vast timeline of cosmic evolution?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/50.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) The mighty God, even the Lord.--Heb., El Elohim, Jehovah, a combination of the Divine names that has been very variously understood. The Authorised Version follows the rendering of Aquila and Symmachus. But the Masoretic accents are in favour of taking each term as an appellative. Hitzig objects that this is stiff, but it is so on purpose. The poet introduces his vision of judgment in the style of a formal royal proclamation, as the preterite tenses also indicate. But as in this case it is not the earthly monarch, but the Divine, who is "Lord also of the whole earth," the range of the proclamation is not territorial, "from Dan even unto Beersheba," as in <a href="/2_chronicles/30-5.htm" title="So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover to the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.">2Chronicles 30:5</a>, but is couched in larger terms, "from sunrise to sunset," an expression constantly used of the operation of Divine power and mercy. (Comp. <a href="/psalms/103-12.htm" title="As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.">Psalm 103:12</a>; <a href="/psalms/113-3.htm" title="From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same the LORD's name is to be praised.">Psalm 113:3</a>; <a href="/isaiah/41-25.htm" title="I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call on my name: and he shall come on princes as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay.">Isaiah 41:25</a>; <a href="/isaiah/45-6.htm" title="That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.">Isaiah 45:6</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/50.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 1. - The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken. A combination of three names of God - viz. El, Elohim, and Jehovah - only found here and in <a href="/joshua/22-22.htm">Joshua 22:22</a>. There it is translated "the Lord God of gods," which is a possible rendering. Separately, the three names seem to mean, "The Mighty One," "The Many in One" (Cheyne) or "The Three in One," and '"The Self-Existent One." He who is all these, the psalmist announces, "has spoken," and called (or, summoned) the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof; i.e. God has summoned all mankind to hear his judgment of his covenant people. <a href="/commentaries/psalms/50-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>A Psalm מִזְמ֗וֹר (miz·mō·wr) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4210.htm">Strong's 4210: </a> Instrumental music, a poem set to notes of Asaph. לְאָ֫סָ֥ף (lə·’ā·sāp̄) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_623.htm">Strong's 623: </a> Asaph -- 'gatherer', the name of several Israelites The Mighty One, אֵ֤ל ׀ (’êl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm">Strong's 410: </a> Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty God אֱ‍ֽלֹהִ֡ים (’ĕlō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative the LORD, יְֽהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel speaks דִּבֶּ֥ר (dib·ber) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue and summons וַיִּקְרָא־ (way·yiq·rā-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> To call, proclaim, read the earth אָ֑רֶץ (’ā·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land from the rising מִמִּזְרַח־ (mim·miz·ra·ḥō·še-) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4217.htm">Strong's 4217: </a> Place of sunrise, the east to עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while the setting מְבֹאֽוֹ׃ (mə·ḇō·’ōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3996.htm">Strong's 3996: </a> An entrance, sunset, the west, towards of the sun. שֶׁ֝֗מֶשׁ (meš) Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8121.htm">Strong's 8121: </a> The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/50-1.htm">Psalm 50:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/psalms/50-1.htm">Psalm 50:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/psalms/50-1.htm">Psalm 50:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/psalms/50-1.htm">Psalm 50:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/psalms/50-1.htm">Psalm 50:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/50-1.htm">Psalm 50:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/50-1.htm">Psalm 50:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/50-1.htm">Psalm 50:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/50-1.htm">Psalm 50:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/psalms/50-1.htm">Psalm 50:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/psalms/50-1.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 50:1 A Psalm by Asaph (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/49-20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 49:20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 49:20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/50-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 50:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 50:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>