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Psalm 50:1

A Psalm by Asaph. The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.

1A Psalm by Asaph. The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.
2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines out.
3Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.
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“From sunrise to sunset” stretches the reach of God’s call across the earth, confronting the thought that his authority belongs within a small, private corner.

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Where else Scripture says this

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Micah 6:1Listen now to what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say.Both passages begin with the LORD speaking and draw the earth or its mountains into the hearing of his words.
Psalm 113:3From the rising of the sun to its going down, the LORD’s name is to be praised.Both use the sun’s rising and setting to describe the reach of the LORD’s call or the praise due his name.
Matthew 25:32Before him all the nations will be gathered, and he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.Both describe a summons with worldwide scope: the earth is called in the psalm, and all nations are gathered in Matthew.
Isaiah 9:6For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, …The psalm names God as the Mighty One, while Isaiah includes Mighty God among the names of the promised child.
Joshua 22:22“The Mighty One, God, the LORD, the Mighty One, God, the LORD, he knows; and Israel shall know: if it was in rebellion, or if in trespass against the LORD …Both use the title “The Mighty One, God, the LORD,” naming the God who speaks in the psalm and knows in Joshua.
Amos 3:8The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken. Who can but prophesy?Both present God as speaking; Amos describes the compelling response to his speech, while the psalm names the earth as his audience.
Jeremiah 32:18–19You show loving kindness to thousands, and repay the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them. The great, the mighty God, the LORD …Both name God as mighty and identify him as the LORD, emphasizing the greatness of the one being addressed or heard.
Psalm 77:1For the Chief Musician. To Jeduthun. A Psalm by Asaph. My cry goes to God! Indeed, I cry to God for help, and for him to listen to me.Both are psalms by Asaph: one opens with God calling the earth, the other with a cry for God to listen.
Proverbs 8:4“I call to you men! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.Both describe a voice reaching beyond a single hearer, calling to the earth in the psalm and to mankind in Proverbs.
Nehemiah 9:6You are the LORD, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all …The earth called by the LORD in the psalm is named in Nehemiah as part of what he made and preserves.
Malachi 1:11For from the rising of the sun even to its going down, my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure …Both extend their language from sunrise to sunset, linking that span with the LORD’s call or the greatness of his name.
Isaiah 1:2Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for the LORD has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children and they have rebelled against me.Both portray the LORD speaking and summon the earth to hear him.
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Encouragement

Your attention has limits; God’s authority reaches across the earth. The one who speaks here is the Mighty One, and his call extends from sunrise to sunset.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).