Psalms 50:1

“(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.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations

[A Psalme of Asaph.] The mightie God, euen the Lord hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sunne, vnto the going downe thereof.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

The Mighty One, God, the LORD, has spoken, And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, hath spoken, And called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
- American Standard Version (1901)

<A Psalm. Of Asaph.> The God of gods, even the Lord, has sent out his voice, and the earth is full of fear; from the coming up of the sun to its going down.
- Basic English Bible

{A Psalm. Of Asaph.} God, Elohim-Jehovah, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
- Darby Bible

A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising to the setting of the sun.
- Webster's Bible

The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.
- World English Bible

A Psalm of Asaph. The God of gods -- Jehovah -- hath spoken, And He calleth to the earth From the rising of the sun unto its going in.
- Youngs Literal Bible

A Psalm of Asaph. God, God, the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Bible commentary

Wesley's Notes for Psalms 50:1


50:1 Called - All the inhabitants of the earth, from one end to the other: whom he here summons to be witnesses of his proceedings in this solemn judgment, between him and his people, which is here poetically represented. For here is a tribunal erected, the judge coming to it, the witnesses and delinquents summoned, and at last the sentence given.


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