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, Yahweh, has spoken and called the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2 Out of Zion, which is the perfection of beautie, hath God shined.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone.
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 comes and does not stay silent; a fire devours before him, and it is very stormy around him.
4 Hee shall call the heauen aboue, and the earth to iudge his people.
He calls to the heavens above and to the earth so that he may judge his people:
5 Gather my Saints together vnto me, those that make a couenant with me with sacrifice.
“Gather my faithful ones together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
6 And the heauens shall declare his righteousnes: for God is iudge himselfe. (Selah)
The heavens will declare his righteousness, for God himself is 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.
“Hear, my people, and I will speak; 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 will not reprove you for your sacrifices; your burnt offerings are always before me.
9 I will take no bullocke out of thine house, nor goates out of thy foldes.
I will take no bull out of your house, or male goats out of your folds.
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, and 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 all the birds of the mountains, and the wild beasts 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 everything in it.
13 Will I eate the flesh of bulles? or drinke the blood of goates?
Will 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,
Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay 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 on me in the day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will glorify 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 have you to do with declaring my statutes, that you have taken my covenant in your mouth,
17 Seeing thou hatest to bee reformed, and hast cast my wordes behinde thee?
since you hate instruction and throw my words away?
18 For when thou seest a thiefe, thou runnest with him, and thou art partaker with the adulterers.
When you see a thief, you agree with him; you participate with those who commit adultery.
19 Thou giuest thy mouth to euill, and with thy tongue thou forgest deceit.
You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue expresses deceit.
20 Thou sittest, and speakest against thy brother, and slanderest thy mothers sonne.
You sit and speak against 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, but I have kept silent, so you thought that I was someone just like yourself. But I will reprove you and bring up, right before your eyes, all the things you have done.
22 Oh cosider this, ye that forget God, least I teare you in pieces, and there be none that can deliuer you.
Give this careful consideration, you who forget God, otherwise I will tear you to pieces, and there will be no one to come to help you!
23 He that offereth praise, shall glorifie mee: and to him, that disposeth his way aright, will I shew the saluation of God.
The one who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving praises me, and to anyone who plans his path in the right way I will show God's salvation.”
