Psalms 50

1 A Psalm. Of Asaph. God, Elohim-Jehovah, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to the going down thereof.

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

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone forth.

3 Our God will come, and will not keep silence: fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

Our God comes, and does not keep silence. A fire devours before him, and it is very tempestuous round about him.

4 He will call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people:

He calls to the heavens above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

5 Gather unto me my godly ones, those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice!

Gather my sanctified together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God executeth judgment himself. (Selah)

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God is judge himself. (Selah)

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

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

8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, or thy burnt-offerings, continually before me;

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, and thy burnt offerings being continually before me.

9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, [nor] he-goats out of thy folds:

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

10 For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle upon a thousand hills;

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

11 I know all the fowl of the mountains, and the roaming 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 thee; for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee, for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof.

13 Should I eat the flesh of bulls, and drink the blood of goats?

Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

14 Offer unto God thanksgiving, and perform thy vows unto the Most High;

Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay thy vows to the Most High.

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

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

16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant into thy mouth,

But to the wicked man God says, What have thou to do to declare my statutes, and that thou have taken my covenant in thy mouth,

17 Seeing thou hast hated correction and hast cast my words behind thee?

since thou hate instruction, and cast my words behind thee?

18 When thou sawest a thief, thou didst take pleasure in him, and thy portion was with adulterers;

When thou saw a thief, thou consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers.

19 Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit;

Thou give thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frames deceit.

20 Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother, thou revilest thine own mother's son:

Thou sit and speak against thy brother; thou slander thine own mother's son.

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

These things thou have done, and I kept silence. Thou thought 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 this, ye that forget God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be no deliverer.

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

23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me; and to him that ordereth [his] way will I shew the salvation of God.

Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me. And to him who orders his way aright I will show the salvation of God.