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Psalm 50:1–3

1 The aMighty One, God the Lord,

Has spoken and called the earth

From the rising of the sun to its going down.

2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,

bGod will shine forth.

3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent;

cA fire shall devour before Him,

And it shall be very tempestuous all around Him.

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Psalm 50:1–3 — The New International Version (NIV)

The Mighty One, God, the Lord,

speaks and summons the earth

from the rising of the sun to where it sets.

From Zion, perfect in beauty,

God shines forth.

Our God comes

and will not be silent;

a fire devours before him,

and around him a tempest rages.

Psalm 50:1–3 — English Standard Version (ESV)

The Mighty One, God the Lord,

speaks and summons the earth

from the rising of the sun to its setting.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,

God shines forth.

Our God comes; he does not keep silence;

before him is a devouring fire,

around him a mighty tempest.

Psalm 50:1–3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth

From the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,

God hath shined.

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence:

A fire shall devour before him,

And it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

Psalm 50:1–3 — New Living Translation (NLT)

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.

From Mount Zion, the perfection of beauty,

God shines in glorious radiance.

Our God approaches,

and he is not silent.

Fire devours everything in his way,

and a great storm rages around him.

Psalm 50:1–3 — New Century Version (NCV)

The God of gods, the Lord, speaks.

He calls the earth from the rising to the setting sun.

God shines from Jerusalem,

whose beauty is perfect.

Our God comes, and he will not be silent.

A fire burns in front of him,

and a powerful storm surrounds him.

Psalm 50:1–3 — American Standard Version (ASV)

The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, hath spoken,

And called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,

God hath shined forth.

Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence:

A fire devoureth before him,

And it is very tempestuous round about him.

Psalm 50:1–3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

•God, Elohim-Jehovah, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth. Our God will come, and will not keep silence: fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

Psalm 50:1–3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The Lord, the only true God, has spoken. 

He has summoned the earth 

from where the sun rises to where it sets. 

God shines from Zion, 

the perfection of beauty. 

Our God will come and will not remain silent. 

A devouring fire is in front of him 

and a raging storm around him. 

Psalm 50:1–3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Yahweh, the God of gods speaks;

He summons the earth from east to west.

From Zion, the perfection of beauty,

God appears in radiance.

Our God is coming; He will not be silent!

Devouring fire precedes Him,

and a storm rages around Him.

Psalm 50:1–3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The mighty one, God the Lord,

speaks and summons the earth

from the rising of the sun to its setting.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,

God shines forth.

Our God comes and does not keep silence,

before him is a devouring fire,

and a mighty tempest all around him.

Psalm 50:1–3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

The Supreme God, God, Yahweh, has spoken

and summoned the earth,

from the rising of the sun

to its setting.

From Zion, the perfection of beauty,

God shines forth.

Our God comes and he is not silent.

Before him fire devours,

and around him it is very tempestuous.

Psalm 50:1–3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

The Mighty One, God, the Lord, speaks.

He calls out to the earth

from the sunrise in the east

to the sunset in the west.

From Zion, perfect and beautiful,

God’s glory shines out.

Our God comes, and he won’t be silent.

A burning fire goes ahead of him.

A terrible storm is all around him.

Psalm 50:1–3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

The Mighty One, God, the Lord, has spoken,

And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,

God has shone forth.

May our God come and not keep silence;

Fire devours before Him,

And it is very tempestuous around Him.


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