Psalms 50
1 A Psalm of Asaph. God, God, the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
A Psalm of Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord has spoken, and he has called the earth, from the rising of the sun even to its setting,
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.
from Zion, the brilliance of his beauty.
3 Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence; a fire devoureth before Him, and round about Him it stormeth mightily.
God will arrive manifestly. Our God also will not keep silence. A fire will flare up in his sight, and a mighty tempest will surround him.
4 He calleth to the heavens above, and to the earth, that He may judge His people:
He will call to heaven from above, and to the earth, to discern his people.
5 'Gather My saints together unto Me; those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.'
Gather his holy ones to him, you who order his covenant above sacrifices.
6 And the heavens declare His righteousness; for God, He is judge. (Selah)
And the heavens will announce his justice. For God is the judge.
7 'Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: God, thy God, am I.
Listen, my people, and I will speak. Listen, Israel, and I will testify for you. I am God, your God.
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; and thy burnt-offerings are continually before Me.
I will not reprove you for your sacrifices. Moreover, your holocausts are ever in my sight.
9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.
I will not accept calves from your house, nor he-goats from your flocks.
10 For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
For all the wild beasts of the forest are mine: the cattle on the hills and the oxen.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are Mine.
I know all the flying things of the air, and the beauty of the field is with me.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is Mine, and the fulness thereof.
If I should be hungry, I would not tell you: for the whole world is mine, and all its plentitude.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Shall I gnaw on the flesh of bulls? Or would I drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the Most High;
Offer to God the sacrifice of praise, and pay your vows to the Most High.
15 And call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt honour Me.'
And call upon me in the day of tribulation. I will rescue you, and you will honor me.
16 But unto the wicked God saith: 'What hast thou to do to declare My statutes, and that thou hast taken My covenant in thy mouth?
But to the sinner, God has said: Why do you discourse on my justices, and take up my covenant through your mouth?
17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest My words behind thee.
Truly, you have hated discipline, and you have cast my sermons behind you.
18 When thou sawest a thief, thou hadst company with him, and with adulterers was thy portion.
If you saw a thief, you ran with him, and you have placed your portion with adulterers.
19 Thou hast let loose thy mouth for evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Your mouth has abounded with malice, and your tongue has concocted deceits.
20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
Sitting, you spoke against your brother, and you set up a scandal against your mother’s son.
21 These things hast thou done, and should I have kept silence? Thou hadst thought that I was altogether such a one as thyself; but I will reprove thee, and set the cause before thine eyes.
These things you have done, and I was silent. You thought, unjustly, that I ought to be like you. But I will reprove you, and I will set myself against your face.
22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Understand these things, you who forget God; lest at any time, he might quickly take you away, and there would be no one to rescue you.
23 Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving honoureth Me; and to him that ordereth his way aright will I show the salvation of God.'
The sacrifice of praise will honor me. And in that place is the journey by which I will reveal to him the salvation of God.
