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—YHWH—has spoken, And He calls to the earth From the rising of the sun to its going in.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.
From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shone.
3 Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence; a fire devoureth before Him, and round about Him it stormeth mightily.
Our God comes, and is not silent, Fire devours before Him, And around Him it has been very tempestuous.
4 He calleth to the heavens above, and to the earth, that He may judge His people:
He calls to the heavens from above, And to the earth, to judge His people.
5 'Gather My saints together unto Me; those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.'
Gather My saints to Me, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice.
6 And the heavens declare His righteousness; for God, He is judge. (Selah)
And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judging. (Selah)
7 'Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: God, thy God, am I.
Hear, O My people, and I speak, O Israel, and I testify against you, God—I [am] your God.
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; and thy burnt-offerings are continually before Me.
I do not reprove you for your sacrifices, Indeed, your burnt-offerings [Are] continually before Me.
9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.
I do not take a bullock from your house, [Or] male goats from your folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
For every beast of the forest [is] Mine, The livestock on the hills of oxen.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are Mine.
I have known every bird of the mountains, And the wild beast 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 am hungry I do not tell [it] to you, For the world and its fullness [is] Mine.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of male goats?
14 Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the Most High;
Sacrifice to God confession, And complete 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 Me in a day of adversity, I deliver you, and you 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?
And to the wicked God has said: What to you—to recount My statutes? That you lift up My covenant on your mouth?
17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest My words behind thee.
Indeed, you have hated instruction, And cast My words behind you.
18 When thou sawest a thief, thou hadst company with him, and with adulterers was thy portion.
If you have seen a thief, Then you are pleased with him, And your portion [is] with adulterers.
19 Thou hast let loose thy mouth for evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
You have sent forth your mouth with evil, And your tongue joins deceit together,
20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
You sit, you speak against your brother, You give slander against a son of your mother.
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 you did, and I kept silent, You have thought that I am like you, I reprove you, and set in array before your eyes.
22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Now understand this, You who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, 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.'
He who is sacrificing praise honors Me, As for him who makes a way, I cause him to look on the salvation of God!
