Psalms 50:2

Psa 50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

Ver. 2. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty ] Heb. the whole perfection, or the universality of beauty, Perfectissimae pulchritudinis locus (Trem.); because there especially was God’s glory set forth in his holy ordinances, and more clearly manifested than in all his handiwork besides. See Psalms 48:2 .

God hath shined ] Like the sun in his strength, sometimes for the comfort of his people, as Psalms 80:1 ; sometimes for the terror of evildoers, as Psalms 94:1 , and here. But evermore God is terrible out of his holy places, Psalms 68:35 ; Psalms 89:7 .