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Psalm 50:title–1

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A psalm by Asaph.

50:1El, God, the Lord1 speaks,

and summons the earth to come from the east and west.2

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Israel’s God is here identified with three names: El (אֵל [’el], or “God”), Elohim (אֱלֹהִים [’elohim], or “God”), and Yahweh (יְהוָה [yéhvah] or “the Lord”). There is an obvious allusion here to Josh 22:22, the only other passage where these three names appear in succession. In that passage the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh declare, “El, God, the Lord! El, God, the Lord! He knows the truth! Israel must also know! If we have rebelled or disobeyed the Lord, don’t spare us today!” In that context the other tribes had accused the trans-Jordanian tribes of breaking God’s covenant by worshiping idols. The trans-Jordanian tribes appealed to “El, God, the Lord” as their witness that they were innocent of the charges brought against them. Ironically here in Ps 50 “El, God, the Lord” accuses his sinful covenant people of violating the covenant and warns that he will not spare them if they persist in their rebellion.
  2. 2 Heb “and calls [the] earth from the sunrise to its going.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

A Psalm of Asaph.

The Mighty One, God the Lord,

speaks and summons the earth

from the rising of the sun to its setting.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A psalm of Asaph.

The Mighty One, God, the Lord,

speaks and summons the earth

from the rising of the sun to where it sets.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A psalm of Asaph.

The Mighty One, God, the Lord, speaks;

he summons the earth

from the rising of the sun to its setting.

NLTNew Living Translation

A psalm of Asaph.

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A psalm of Asaph.

The Supreme God, God, Yahweh, has spoken

and summoned the earth,

from the rising of the sun

to its setting.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.