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 One, God, Yahweh, has spoken and called the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2 From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone.
3 Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
Our God comes and does not stay silent; a fire devours before him, and it is very stormy around him.
4 He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
He calls to the heavens above and to the earth so that he may judge his people:
5 “Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
“Gather my faithful ones together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
6 And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge.
The heavens will declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. (Selah)
7 “Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
“Hear, my people, and I will speak; I am God, your God.
8 I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
I will not reprove you for your sacrifices; your burnt offerings are always before me.
9 I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
I will take no bull out of your house, or male goats out of your folds.
10 for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.
For every beast of the forest is 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 mine.
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 you; for the world is mine, and everything in it.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Will 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 the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High.
15 Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
Call on me in the day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will 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?
But to the wicked God says, “What have you to do with declaring my statutes, that you have taken my covenant in your mouth,
17 For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
since you hate instruction and throw my words away?
18 When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
When you see a thief, you agree with him; you participate with those who commit adultery.
19 You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.
You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue expresses deceit.
20 You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your 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.
You have done these things, but I have kept silent, so you thought that I was someone just like yourself. But I will reprove you and bring up, right before your eyes, all the things you have done.
22 Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
Give this careful consideration, you who forget God, otherwise I will tear you to pieces, and there will be no one to come to help you!
23 He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
The one who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving praises me, and to anyone who plans his path in the right way I will show God's salvation.”
