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. God, God, the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined 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 cometh, and doth not keep silence; a fire devoureth before Him, and round about Him it stormeth mightily.

4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

He calleth to the heavens above, and to 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 My saints together unto Me; those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.'

6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. (Selah)

And the heavens declare His righteousness; for God, He is judge. (Selah)

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 thee: God, thy God, am I.

8 I will not reprove you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; and thy burnt-offerings are continually before Me.

9 I will take no bullock out of your house, nor he goats out of your folds.

I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy 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, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts 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 thee; for the world is Mine, and the fulness 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:

Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the Most High;

15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.

And call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt honour 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?

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?

17 Seeing you hate instruction, and casts my words behind you.

Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest My words behind thee.

18 When you saw a thief, then you consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers.

When thou sawest a thief, thou hadst company with him, and with adulterers was thy portion.

19 You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

Thou hast let loose thy mouth for evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine 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.

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.

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, ye that forget God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

23 Whoso offers praise glorifies me: and to him that orders his conversation aright will I show the salvation of God.

Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving honoureth Me; and to him that ordereth his way aright will I show the salvation of God.'