Psalms 50
1 The mighty God, even the LORD, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined.
From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
He summons the heavens 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.
“Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. (Selah)
And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge.
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, even your God.
“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
8 I will not reprove you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
9 I will take no bullock out of your house, nor he goats out of your folds.
I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
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 cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you: for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof.
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay your vows unto the most High:
Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
16 But unto the wicked God says, What have you to do to declare my statutes, or that you should take my covenant in your mouth?
To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
17 Seeing you hate instruction, and casts my words behind you.
For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
18 When you saw a thief, then you consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers.
When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
19 You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.
20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
21 These things have you done, and I kept silence; you thought that I was altogether such an one as yourself: but I will reprove you, and set them in order before your eyes.
You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
22 Now consider this, all of you that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
23 Whoso offers praise glorifies me: and to him that orders his conversation aright will I show the salvation of God.
He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
