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.
God, the all-powerful one, speaks; he summons all people, from the east to the west.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined.
His glory shines from Zion [Hill in Jerusalem], an extremely beautiful city.
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 comes to us, and he is not silent. A great fire is in front of him, and a storm is around him.
4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
He comes to judge his people. He shouts to the [angels in] heaven and to [the people on] the earth.
5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
He says, “Summon those who faithfully [worship] me, those who made an agreement with me by offering sacrifices to me.”
6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. (Selah)
The [angels in] heaven declare, “God is righteous, and he is the supreme judge.”
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, even your God.
God says, “My people, listen! You Israeli people, listen, as I, your God, say what you have done that is wrong.
8 I will not reprove you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
I am not rebuking you for making sacrifices to me, for the offerings that you completely burn [on the altar].
9 I will take no bullock out of your house, nor he goats out of your folds.
But I do not really need [you to sacrifice] the bulls from your barns and the goats from your pens,
10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
because all the animals in the forest belong to me, [and all] the cattle on 1,000 hills also belong to me.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
I [own and] know all the birds and all [the creatures] that move around in the fields.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you: for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof.
[So], if I were hungry, I would not tell you [to bring me some food], because everything in the world belongs to me!
13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
I do not eat the flesh of the bulls [that you sacrifice], and I do not drink the blood of the goats [that you offer to me].
14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay your vows unto the most High:
The sacrifice [that I really want is that] you thank me and do all that you have promised to do.
15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.
And pray to me when you have troubles. [If you do that], I will rescue you, and [then] you will praise 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 I say this to the wicked people: (Why do you/It does not benefit you at all to) [RHQ] recite my commandments or talk about the agreement that I made with you,
17 Seeing you hate instruction, and casts my words behind you.
because you have refused to allow me to discipline you, and you have rejected what I told you to do.
18 When you saw a thief, then you consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers.
Every time that you see a thief, you become his friend, and you spend [much] time with those who commit adultery.
19 You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
You are [always] talking [MTY] about doing wicked things, and you are [always] to deceive people.
20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
You are always accusing members of your own family [of doing wrong], and slandering them.
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 did [all] those things, and I did not say anything to you, [so] you thought that I was [a sinner] just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you, right in front of you.
22 Now consider this, all of you that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
So, all you who have ignored me, pay attention to this, because if you do not, I will tear you to pieces, and there will be 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.
The sacrifice that [truly] honors me is to thank me [for what I have done]; and I will save those who always do the things that I want them to.”
