Psalms 50:2-3

50:2 From Zion, the most beautiful of all places, ¹ 

God comes in splendor. ² 

50:3 Our God approaches and is not silent; ³ 

consuming fire goes ahead of him

and all around him a storm rages. ⁴ 

[50:2]  ¹ tn Heb “the perfection of beauty.”

[50:2]  ² tn Or “shines forth.”

[50:3]  ³ 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.”

[50:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “fire before him devours, and around him it is very stormy.”