Psalm 50 - אֵ֤ל׀ אֱֽלֹהִ֡ים יְֽהוָ֗ה - God, God, God

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Psalm 50, verse 1
אֵ֤ל׀ אֱֽלֹהִ֡ים יְֽהוָ֗ה el - 'elohiym - YHWH God, God, God

Psalm 50:1

The Mighty One, God, the Lord,

speaks and summons the earth

from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets.

"God, God, God has spoken (that is, He will speak, in the future). This is what the Latin translation should be [Deus, deus, deus], for in the Hebrew we have three names of God. Consequently Jerome put it thus: “The Mighty One, God, the Lord, has spoken.” He translates the first name etymologically, namely, אֵל. But (according to the apostle) God spoke anciently in the prophets, but at last in these days in the beloved Son (Heb. 1:1–2). What, then, has He said?

He has called the earth, because He came to call sinners to repentance (Luke 5:32). He sent His own Word. This is what He spoke. For “to speak” (loqui) is to send and direct the word openly to someone else. “To say” (dicere), however, is only to bring the word forth and to establish and determine it distinctly. It is not so with “speak” (loqui). Such a difference in these two words is plain in the Scriptures. For whatever God said came into being and was done. And thus His Word always comes into being and is done, as is stated in many Scripture passages. For then God speaks without intermediary through the internal Word, and that is omnipotent and efficacious. But quite often He also spoke many things that were not done and heard and received by men. Therefore God’s speaking and God’s Word differ greatly. Hence He has spoken in the beloved Son according to His flesh."