Psalms 50

1 A Psalm for Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to the going down [thereof].

A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, hath spoken, And called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

2 Out of Sion [comes] the excellence of his beauty.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.

3 God, our God, shall come manifestly, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall be kindled before him, and round about him there shall be a very great tempest.

Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence: A fire devoureth before him, And it is very tempestuous round about him.

4 He shall summon the heaven above, and the earth, that he may judge his people.

He calleth to the heavens above, And to the earth, that he may judge his people:

5 Assemble ye his saints to him, those that have engaged in a covenant with him upon sacrifices.

Gather my saints together unto me, Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge. (Pause)

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; For God is judge himself. (Selah)

7 Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel: and I will testify to thee: I am God, thy God.

Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, [even] thy God.

8 I will not reprove thee on account of thy sacrifices; for thy whole-burnt-offerings are before me continually.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt-offerings are continually before me.

9 I will take no bullocks out of thine house, nor he-goats out of thy flocks.

I will take no bullock out of thy house, Nor he-goats out of thy folds.

10 For all the wild beasts of the thicket are mine, the cattle on the mountains, and oxen.

For every beast of the forest is mine, And the cattle upon a thousand hills.

11 I know all the birds of the sky; and the beauty of the field is mine.

I know all the birds of the mountains; And the wild beasts of the field are mine.

12 If I should be hungry, I will not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fullness of it.

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

13 Will 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 Offer to God the sacrifice of praise; and pay thy vows to the Most High.

Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; And pay thy vows unto the Most High;

15 And call upon me in the day of affliction; and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. (Pause)

And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

16 But to the sinner God has said, Why dost thou declare my ordinances, and take up my covenant in thy mouth?

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth,

17 Whereas thou hast hated instruction, and hast cast my words behind [thee].

Seeing that thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee?

18 If thou sawest a thief, thou rannest along with him, and hast cast in thy lot with adulterers.

When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, And hast been partaker with adulterers.

19 Thy mouth has multiplied wickedness, and thy tongue has framed deceit.

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.

20 Thou didst sit and speak against thy brother, and didst scandalize thy mother's son.

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

21 These things thou didst, and I kept silence: thou thoughtest wickedly that I should be like thee, [but] I will reprove thee, and set [thine offences] before thee.

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: [But] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.

22 Now consider these things, ye that forget God, lest he rend [you], and there is no deliverer.

Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:

23 The sacrifice of praise will glorify me: and that is the way wherein I will shew to him the salvation of God.

Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifieth me; And to him that ordereth his way [aright] Will I show the salvation of God.