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 Lord, the Almighty God, speaks! He summons everyone on earth, from the east to the west.
2 Out of Zion, which is the perfection of beautie, hath God shined.
God shines out of Mount Zion, perfect in beauty.
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 arrives, and does not stay quiet. Fire flames before him, burning everything up; a violent storm 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 to witness the judgment of his people.
5 Gather my Saints together vnto me, those that make a couenant with me with sacrifice.
“Bring me those who trust in me—those who confirmed the agreement with me through sacrifice.”
6 And the heauens shall declare his righteousnes: for God is iudge himselfe. (Selah)
The heavens declare his decisions are right, for God himself is the judge. (Selah)
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.
“My people, listen to what I have to say. I am bringing charges against you, Israel. 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'm not complaining about your sacrifices or burnt offerings that you offer all the time.
9 I will take no bullocke out of thine house, nor goates out of thy foldes.
I do not require bulls from your barns or goats from your pens,
10 For all the beastes of the forest are mine, and the beastes on a thousand mountaines.
for I own all the animals of the forest, and the cattle on a thousand hills belong to me.
11 I knowe all the foules on the mountaines: and the wilde beastes of the fielde are mine.
I know every bird of the mountains; all living things in the fields 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 wouldn't tell you, for the earth and everything in it are mine.
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,
Give an offering of thanks to God; keep the promises you made to the Most High,
15 And call vpon me in the day of trouble: so will I deliuer thee, and thou shalt glorifie me.
and call on me when you're in trouble. I will rescue you, and you will thank 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,
But to the wicked God says, “What's the point of mechanically repeating my laws or making empty promises about obeying the agreement?
17 Seeing thou hatest to bee reformed, and hast cast my wordes behinde thee?
You hate my discipline, and you toss my words away, leaving them behind you.
18 For when thou seest a thiefe, thou runnest with him, and thou art partaker with the adulterers.
When you see people stealing, you admire them; you associate with adulterers.
19 Thou giuest thy mouth to euill, and with thy tongue thou forgest deceit.
With your mouth you say evil things; you use your tongue to spread lies.
20 Thou sittest, and speakest against thy brother, and slanderest thy mothers sonne.
You sit there and speak against your brother, slandering 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.
I kept quiet when you did these things. You thought I was someone just like you. But now I confront you, and bring my charges against you.
22 Oh cosider this, ye that forget God, least I teare you in pieces, and there be none that can deliuer you.
Think again, you people who dismiss God, or I will tear you apart, and no-one will be able to save you.
23 He that offereth praise, shall glorifie mee: and to him, that disposeth his way aright, will I shew the saluation of God.
But those who give an offering of thanks honor me, and to those who follow the right I will show them the salvation of God.”
