2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
2 From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.
2 From the dazzle of Zion, God blazes into view.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God will shine forth.
2 From Mount Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines in glorious radiance.
941 The Lord is a God who avenges. O God who avenges, shine forth.
941 O Lord, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth!
941 God, put an end to evil; avenging God, show your colors!
941 O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs-- O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!
941 O Lord, the God of vengeance, OÂ God of vengeance, let your glorious justice shine forth!
(Read Psalm 94:1-11)
We may with boldness appeal to God; for he is the almighty Judge by whom every man is judged. Let this encourage those who suffer wrong, to bear it with silence, committing themselves to Him who judges righteously. These prayers are prophecies, which speak terror to the sons of violence. There will come a day of reckoning for all the hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against God, his truths, and ways, and people. It would hardly be believed, if we did not witness it, that millions of rational creatures should live, move, speak, hear, understand, and do what they purpose, yet act as if they believed that God would not punish the abuse of his gifts. As all knowledge is from God, no doubt he knows all the thoughts of the children of men, and knows that the imaginations of the thoughts of men's hearts are only evil, and that continually. Even in good thoughts there is a want of being fixed, which may be called vanity. It concerns us to keep a strict watch over our thoughts, because God takes particular notice of them. Thoughts are words to God.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 50:2
Commentary on Psalm 50:1-6
(Read Psalm 50:1-6)
This psalm is a psalm of instruction. It tells of the coming of Christ and the day of judgment, in which God will call men to account; and the Holy Ghost is the Spirit of judgement. All the children of men are concerned to know the right way of worshipping the Lord, in spirit and in truth. In the great day, our God shall come, and make those hear his judgement who would not hearken to his law. Happy are those who come into the covenant of grace, by faith in the Redeemer's atoning sacrifice, and show the sincerity of their love by fruits of righteousness. When God rejects the services of those who rest in outside performances, he will graciously accept those who seek him aright. It is only by sacrifice, by Christ, the great Sacrifice, from whom the sacrifices of the law derived what value they had, that we can be accepted of God. True and righteous are his judgments; even sinners' own consciences will be forced to acknowledge the righteousness of God.