Psalms 50

1 A Psalme of Asaph. The God of Gods, euen the Lord hath spoken and called the earth from the rising vp of the sunne vnto the going downe thereof.

A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.

2 Out of Zion, which is the perfection of beautie, hath God shined.

From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.

3 Our God shall come and shall not keepe silence: a fire shall deuoure before him, and a mightie tempest shall be mooued round about him.

Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.

4 Hee shall call the heauen aboue, and the earth to iudge his people.

He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:

5 Gather my Saints together vnto me, those that make a couenant with me with sacrifice.

“Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

6 And the heauens shall declare his righteousnes: for God is iudge himselfe. (Selah)

And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge.

7 Heare, O my people, and I wil speake: heare, O Israel, and I wil testifie vnto thee: for I am God, euen thy God.

“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.

8 I wil not reproue thee for thy sacrifices, or thy burnt offerings, that haue not bene continually before me.

I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.

9 I will take no bullocke out of thine house, nor goates out of thy foldes.

I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,

10 For all the beastes of the forest are mine, and the beastes on a thousand mountaines.

for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.

11 I knowe all the foules on the mountaines: and the wilde beastes of the fielde are mine.

I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.

12 If I bee hungry, I will not tell thee: for the world is mine, and all that therein is.

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

13 Will I eate the flesh of bulles? or drinke the blood of goates?

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

14 Offer vnto God praise, and pay thy vowes vnto the most High,

Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.

15 And call vpon me in the day of trouble: so will I deliuer thee, and thou shalt glorifie me.

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

16 But vnto the wicked said God, What hast thou to doe to declare mine ordinances, that thou shouldest take my couenant in thy mouth,

To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?

17 Seeing thou hatest to bee reformed, and hast cast my wordes behinde thee?

For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

18 For when thou seest a thiefe, thou runnest with him, and thou art partaker with the adulterers.

When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.

19 Thou giuest thy mouth to euill, and with thy tongue thou forgest deceit.

You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.

20 Thou sittest, and speakest against thy brother, and slanderest thy mothers sonne.

You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.

21 These things hast thou done, and I held my tongue: therefore thou thoughtest that I was like thee: but I will reproue thee, and set them in order before thee.

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.

22 Oh cosider this, ye that forget God, least I teare you in pieces, and there be none that can deliuer you.

Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:

23 He that offereth praise, shall glorifie mee: and to him, that disposeth his way aright, will I shew the saluation of God.

He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”