Psalm 50:3
“Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 50Meaning
God comes and does not remain silent, surrounded by consuming fire and a mighty tempest; the theophany communicates holy judgment and must not be turned into authorization for human violence.
God summons the earth and judges his covenant people
Psalm 50 is a covenant-liturgy and wisdom-like judgment psalm in which God summons heaven and earth, rejects any idea that sacrifice feeds or obligates him, calls for thanksgiving and trust, and exposes the contradiction between reciting covenant words and practicing theft, sexual betrayal, deceit, and slander.
Read carefully
God comes and does not remain silent, surrounded by consuming fire and a mighty tempest; the theophany communicates holy judgment and must not be turned into authorization for human violence.
Reflection
God comes and does not remain silent, surrounded by consuming fire and a mighty tempest; the theophany communicates holy judgment and must not be turned into authorization for human violence.