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 for Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to the going down [thereof].
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.
Out of Sion [comes] the excellence 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, our God, shall come manifestly, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall be kindled before him, and round about him there shall be a very great tempest.
4 He calleth to the heavens above, and to the earth, that He may judge His people:
He shall summon the heaven above, and the earth, that he may judge his people.
5 'Gather My saints together unto Me; those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.'
Assemble you his saints to him, those that have engaged in a covenant with him upon sacrifices.
6 And the heavens declare His righteousness; for God, He is judge. (Selah)
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge. (Pause)
7 'Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: God, thy God, am I.
Hear, my people, and I will speak to you, O Israel: and I will testify to 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 on account of your sacrifices; for your whole burnt offerings are before me continually.
9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.
I will take no bullocks out of your house, nor he-goats out of 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 thicket are mine, the cattle on the mountains, and oxen.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are Mine.
I know all the birds of the sky; and the beauty of the field is mine.
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 will not tell you: for the world is mine, and the fullness of it.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or 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 affliction; and I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. (Pause)
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 declare my ordinances, and take up my covenant in your mouth?
17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest My words behind thee.
Whereas you have hated instruction, and have cast my words 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 along with him, and have cast in your lot with adulterers.
19 Thou hast let loose thy mouth for evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Your mouth has multiplied wickedness, and your tongue has framed deceit.
20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
You did sit and speak against your brother, and did scandalize 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 did, and I kept silence: you thought wickedly that I should be like you, [but] I will reprove you, and set [your offenses] before you.
22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Now consider these things, you that forget God, lest he rend [you], and there is no deliverer.
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 glorify me: and that is the way wherein I will show to him the salvation of God.
