Psalms 50:3 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 50:3

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

BSB

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ASV

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

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Irenaeus

AGAINST HERESIES 5:18.3 (202)

For the Creator of the world is truly the Word of God: and this is our Lord, who in the last times was made man, existing in this world, and who in an invisible manner contains all things created, and is inherent in the entire creation, since the Word of God governs and arranges all things; and therefore He came to His own in a visible manner, and was made flesh, and hung upon the tree, that He might sum up all things in Himself. ...

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Our God - The prophet speaks this in the persons of the worshippers of God. Though he be our God, yet he will come to execute judgment upon us. Cease - Or delay to sit in judgment.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

As a representation of the day of judgment, in which God will call men to an account concerning their observance of those things which they have thus been taught; men shall be judged "according to what is written in the books;" and therefore Christ is fitly represented speaking as a Judge, then when he speaks as a Lawgiver. The glorious appearance of the Prince that gives law and judgment,

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יָ֤בֹ֥א	ya.Vo'	he comes	H935 →
אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ	'e.lo.Hei.nu	God our	H430 →
וְֽאַל־	ve.'al-	and may not	H408 →
יֶ֫חֱרַ֥שׁ	ye.che.Rash	he be silent	H2790 →
אֵשׁ־	'esh-	fire	H784 →
לְפָנָ֥יו	le.fa.Nav	<to> before him	H6440 →
תֹּאכֵ֑ל	to.Khel	it consumes	H398 →
וּ֝סְבִיבָ֗יו	u.se.vi.Vav	and around him	H5439 →
נִשְׂעֲרָ֥ה	nis.'a.Rah	it is tempestuous	H8175 →
מְאֹֽד׃	me.'Od	exceedingly	H3966 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 3:12
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.”
leads to
- Malachi 4:1
  “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…
- Matthew 13:30
  Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”
- Luke 3:17
  His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
Through
Malachi 4:1
“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…
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8
  in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
- 2 Peter 3:7
  And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
- Malachi 3:2
  But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.
Through
Daniel 7:10
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.
leads to
- Isaiah 30:27
  Behold, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, with burning anger and dense smoke. His lips are full of fury, and His tongue is like a consuming fire.
- Revelation 20:11–15
  Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.

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