King James Version
What Does Psalms 50:2 Mean?
“Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.”
Context
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. of: or, for Asaph
2
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
3
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
4
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(2) **Perfection of beauty**—*i.e.*, Zion, because the Temple, the residence of Jehovah, was there. (Comp. Psalm 48:2; Lamentations 2:15; 1 Maccabees 2:12.)
**Hath shined.**—Comp. Psalm 80:1; Deuteronomy 33:2. A natural figure of the Divine manifestation, whether taken from the dawn or from lighting.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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