Psalms 50

1 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].

A Psalm of Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord has spoken, and he has called the earth, from the rising of the sun even to its setting,

2 Out of Sion [comes] the excellence of his beauty.

from Zion, the brilliance of his beauty.

3 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.

God will arrive manifestly. Our God also will not keep silence. A fire will flare up in his sight, and a mighty tempest will surround him.

4 He shall summon the heaven above, and the earth, that he may judge his people.

He will call to heaven from above, and to the earth, to discern his people.

5 Assemble you his saints to him, those that have engaged in a covenant with him upon sacrifices.

Gather his holy ones to him, you who order his covenant above sacrifices.

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

And the heavens will announce his justice. For God is the judge.

7 Hear, my people, and I will speak to you, O Israel: and I will testify to you: I am God, your God.

Listen, my people, and I will speak. Listen, Israel, and I will testify for you. I am God, your God.

8 I will not reprove you on account of your sacrifices; for your whole burnt offerings are before me continually.

I will not reprove you for your sacrifices. Moreover, your holocausts are ever in my sight.

9 I will take no bullocks out of your house, nor he-goats out of your flocks.

I will not accept calves from your house, nor he-goats from your flocks.

10 For all the wild beasts of the thicket are mine, the cattle on the mountains, and oxen.

For all the wild beasts of the forest are mine: the cattle on the hills and the oxen.

11 I know all the birds of the sky; and the beauty of the field is mine.

I know all the flying things of the air, and the beauty of the field is with me.

12 If I should be hungry, I will not tell you: for the world is mine, and the fullness of it.

If I should be hungry, I would not tell you: for the whole world is mine, and all its plentitude.

13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

Shall I gnaw on the flesh of bulls? Or would I drink the blood of goats?

14 Offer to God the sacrifice of praise; and pay your vows to 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 affliction; and I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. (Pause)

And call upon me in the day of tribulation. I will rescue you, and you will honor me.

16 But to the sinner God has said, Why do you declare my ordinances, and take up my covenant in your mouth?

But to the sinner, God has said: Why do you discourse on my justices, and take up my covenant through your mouth?

17 Whereas you have hated instruction, and have cast my words behind [you].

Truly, you have hated discipline, and you have cast my sermons behind you.

18 If you saw a thief, you ran along with him, and have cast in your lot with adulterers.

If you saw a thief, you ran with him, and you have placed your portion with adulterers.

19 Your mouth has multiplied wickedness, and your tongue has framed deceit.

Your mouth has abounded with malice, and your tongue has concocted deceits.

20 You did sit and speak against your brother, and did scandalize your mother's son.

Sitting, you spoke against your brother, and you set up a scandal against your mother’s son.

21 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.

These things you have done, and I was silent. You thought, unjustly, that I ought to be like you. But I will reprove you, and I will set myself against your face.

22 Now consider these things, you that forget God, lest he rend [you], and there is no deliverer.

Understand these things, you who forget God; lest at any time, he might quickly take you away, and there would be no one to rescue you.

23 The sacrifice of praise will glorify me: and that is the way wherein I will show to him the salvation of God.

The sacrifice of praise will honor me. And in that place is the journey by which I will reveal to him the salvation of God.