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Psalms 50:4

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

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

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

5 “Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

6 And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
KJV
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
WEB
He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people:
ASV
He calleth to the heavens above, And to the earth, that he may judge his people:
DARBY
He will call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
BLB
He calls to the heavens from above, and to the earth, for the judging of His people:
ÅB
Han kaller på himmelen der oppe og på jorden for å dømme sitt folk:
OTB
Han kaller på himlene der oppe,
Og jorden, for å dømme sitt folk:
B1930
Han kaller på himmelen der oppe og på jorden for å dømme sitt folk:

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 31:28

    Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:1

    Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

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  • Isaiah 1:2

    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.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:26

    I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.

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  • Deuteronomy 30:19

    I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,

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  • Micah 6:1–2

    Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.

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  • Psalms 98:9

    before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.

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  • Isaiah 11:3–4

    And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,

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