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Biblical psalm For the "Miserere" psalm, Septuagint numbering 50, see Psalm 51 . Psalm 50 , a Psalm of Asaph , is the 50th psalm from the Book of Psalms in the Bible , beginning in English in the King James Version : "The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof." In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 49 . The opening words in Latin are Deus deorum, Dominus, locutus est / et vocavit terram a solis ortu usque ad occasum . The psalm is a prophetic imagining of God 's judgment on the Israelites . The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish , Catholic , Lutheran , Anglican and other Protestant liturgies. It has been set to music completely and in single verses. The phrase A solis ortu usque ad occasum , taken from verse 1, is part of a Spanish coat of arms.
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Psalm 50 is the 50th psalm from the Book of Psalms .
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Psalm 50 (also designated with Roman numerals as Psalm L ) is the 50th psalm from the Book of Psalms in the Bible .The psalm is a prophetic imagining of God 's judgment on the Israelites .
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Psalm 50 is the 50th psalm from the Book of Psalms in the Bible . Its beginning in the English King James Version (KJV) is "The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof." In the Greek Septuagint version of the bible, and in the Latin Vulgate , this psalm is Psalm 49 in a slightly different numbering system.The beginning in Latin is "Deus deorum, Dominus, locutus est / et vocavit terram a solis ortu usque ad occasum." The psalm is a prophetic imagining of God 's judgment on the Israelites .The psalm is a regular part of Jewish , Catholic , Anglican and Protestant liturgies.It has been set to music completely and in single verses.The phrase "A solis ortu usque ad occasum" is part of a Spanish coat of arms.
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