Psalms 50
1 A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
“A psalm of Asaph.” The mighty God, Jehovah, speaketh, and calleth the earth, From the rising of the sun to its going down.
2 From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shineth forth.
3 Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
Our God cometh, and will not be silent; Before him is a devouring fire, And around him a raging tempest.
4 He summons the heavens above, and 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 to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
“Gather together before me my godly ones, Who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”
6 And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge.
(And the heavens shall declare his righteousness, For it is God himself that is judge., Pause)
7 “Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and 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, and your burnt offerings are ever 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 or goats from your pens,
I will take no bullock from thy house, Nor he-goat from thy folds;
10 for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.
For all the beasts of the forest are mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures 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 the fullness thereof.
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and all that is therein.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Do I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats?
14 Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
Offer to God thanksgiving, And pay thy vows to the Most High!
15 Call upon 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 To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear 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 For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
Thou, who hatest instruction And castest my words behind thee!
18 When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
When thou seest a thief, thou art in friendship with him, And hast fellowship with adulterers.
19 You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.
Thou lettest loose thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit;
20 You sit and malign 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 I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
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 to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
Mark this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and none deliver you!
23 He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
Whoso offereth praise honoreth me; And to him who hath regard to his ways Will I show salvation from God.”
