Psalms 50:2-3

50:2 From Zion, the most beautiful of all places,

God comes in splendor.

50:3 Our God approaches and is not silent;

consuming fire goes ahead of him

and all around him a storm rages.


tn Heb “the perfection of beauty.”

tn Or “shines forth.”

tn According to GKC 322 §109.e, the jussive (note the negative particle אַל, ’al) is used rhetorically here “to express the conviction that something cannot or should not happen.”

tn Heb “fire before him devours, and around him it is very stormy.”