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.
“A psalm of Assaph.” The God of gods, the Lord, speaketh, and calleth the earth, from the rising of the sun unto his setting.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shineth 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 is coming, and will not keep silence: a fire devoureth before him, and round him there rageth a mighty storm.
4 He will call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
He will call to the heavens above, and to the earth, to judge his people.
5 Gather unto me my godly ones, those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice!
“Gather together unto me my pious servants, who make a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God executeth judgment himself. (Selah)
And the heavens tell of 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 against thee: God, thy God, am I.
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, or thy burnt-offerings, continually before me;
Not because of thy sacrifices will I reprove thee; and thy burnt-offerings are continually before me.
9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, [nor] he-goats out of thy folds:
I will not take a 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 mine are all the beasts of the forest, the cattle upon a thousand mountains.
11 I know all the fowl of the mountains, and the roaming creatures of the field are mine:
I know all the fowls of the mountains: whatever moveth on the fields is with me.
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 say it to thee; for mine is the world, and what filleth it.
13 Should I eat the flesh of bulls, and drink the blood of goats?
Do I eat the flesh of fatted bulls, or drink the blood of he-goats?
14 Offer unto God thanksgiving, and perform thy vows unto the Most High;
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay unto the Most High thy vows;
15 And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
And call on me on the day of distress: I will deliver thee, — and so wilt thou 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 unto the wicked God saith, “What hast thou to do to relate my statutes, and why bearest thou my covenant upon thy mouth?
17 Seeing thou hast hated correction and hast cast my words behind thee?
And yet thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
18 When thou sawest a thief, thou didst take pleasure in him, and thy portion was with adulterers;
When thou seest a thief, then art thou pleased with him, and with adulterers hast thou thy portion.
19 Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit;
Thou lettest loose thy mouth with evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
20 Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother, thou revilest thine own mother's son:
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; against thy own mother's son thou utterest slander.
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 hast thou done, and I kept silence: thou didst ween that I am like thyself; [but] I will reprove thee, and set it in order before thy eyes.”
22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be no deliverer.
Do but reflect on this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, with none to deliver.
23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me; and to him that ordereth [his] way will I shew the salvation of God.
Whoso offereth thanksgiving glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his course aright, will I show the salvation of God.
