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Psalms 50:2–3

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Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
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From verse 2

  1. Psalms 48:2Rank 1 from verse 2
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    2Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

  2. Revelation 21:23Rank 2 from verse 2
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    23And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

  3. Psalms 80:1Rank 3 from verse 2
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    1GIVE ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

  4. Revelation 1:16Rank 4 from verse 2
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    16And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

  5. Deuteronomy 33:2Rank 5 from verse 2
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    2And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them.

From verse 3

  1. Daniel 7:10Rank 1 from verse 3
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    10A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.

  2. Numbers 16:35Rank 2 from verse 3
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    35And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

  3. Leviticus 10:2Rank 3 from verse 3
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    2And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.

  4. Matthew 3:12Rank 4 from verse 3
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    12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

  5. Malachi 4:1Rank 5 from verse 3
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    1FOR, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

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Psalms 50:2

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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beauty

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The quality or appearance of being fair, comely, pleasing, excellent, or glorious.

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shined

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of shine, meaning to emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor. To give light, real or figurative.

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Psalms 50:3

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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keep

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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.

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silence

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Absence or cessation of sound or speech; quietness, stillness, restraint from speaking, or the condition of being made unable or unwilling to answer.

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fire

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Burning flame and heat that gives light, consumes, purifies, or destroys.

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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very

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Sense 1: Truly, actually, exactly, or the same in identity. Sense 2: To a great or marked degree, used to intensify the quality named.

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about

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1. Around or near in place, position, or movement; on every side, in a circuit, from place to place, or turned from one direction or state toward another. 2. Approximately in number, measure, distance, or time. 3. Concerning, occupied with, or engaged in a matter. 4. On the point of, intending, or attempting an action.

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1THE mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

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3Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

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4He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

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