Psalms 50
1 A Psalm by Asaph. The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.
“A psalm of Asaph.” The mighty God, Jehovah, speaketh, and calleth the earth, From the rising of the sun to its going down.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines out.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shineth forth.
3 Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.
Our God cometh, and will not be silent; Before him is a devouring fire, And around him a raging tempest.
4 He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people:
He calleth to the heavens on high, And to the earth, while he judgeth his people:
5 “Gather my saints together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
“Gather together before me my godly ones, Who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”
6 The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. (Selah)
(And the heavens shall declare his righteousness, For it is God himself that is judge., Pause)
7 “Hear, my people, and I will speak. Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
“Hear, O my people, and I will speak! O Israel, and I will testify against thee! For I am God, thine own God.
8 I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.
I reprove thee not on account of thy sacrifices; For thy burnt-offerings are ever before me.
9 I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens.
I will take no bullock from thy house, Nor he-goat from thy folds;
10 For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills.
For all the beasts of the forest are mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine.
I know all the birds of the mountains, And the wild beasts of the field are before me.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and all that is therein.
13 Will I eat the meat of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Do I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.
Offer to God thanksgiving, And pay thy vows to the Most High!
15 Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
Then call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me!”
16 But to the wicked God says, “What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,
And to the wicked God saith, “To what purpose dost thou talk of my statutes? And why hast thou my laws upon thy lips?—
17 since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?
Thou, who hatest instruction And castest my words behind thee!
18 When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.
When thou seest a thief, thou art in friendship with him, And hast fellowship with adulterers.
19 “You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.
Thou lettest loose thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit;
20 You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother’s son.
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
21 You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Hence thou thoughtest that I was altogether like thyself: But I will reprove thee, and set it in order before thine eyes.
22 “Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.
Mark this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and none deliver you!
23 Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.”
Whoso offereth praise honoreth me; And to him who hath regard to his ways Will I show salvation from God.”
