Psalms 50:3 meaning and explanation

Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.

Psalms 50:3, Berean Standard Bible

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The psalmist Asaph pictures God arriving to judge his covenant people, and verse 3 announces that this arrival is anything but quiet. The language of consuming fire going before God and a storm surrounding him echoes Old Testament scenes of divine appearing, such as Sinai, where God came in fire and tempest to speak to Israel.

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