Psalms 50
1 “A psalm of Assaph.” The God of gods, the Lord, speaketh, and calleth the earth, from the rising of the sun unto his setting.
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 shineth forth.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.
3 Our God is coming, and will not keep silence: a fire devoureth before him, and round him there rageth a mighty storm.
Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence; a fire devoureth before Him, and round about Him it stormeth mightily.
4 He will call to the heavens above, and to the earth, to judge his people.
He calleth to the heavens above, and to the earth, that He may judge His people:
5 “Gather together unto me my pious servants, who make 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 tell of 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 thee: God, thy God, am I.
'Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: God, thy God, am I.
8 Not because of thy sacrifices will I reprove thee; and thy burnt-offerings are continually before me.
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; and thy burnt-offerings are continually before Me.
9 I will not take a bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.
I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.
10 For mine are all the beasts of the forest, the cattle upon a thousand mountains.
For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: whatever moveth on the fields is with me.
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 say it to thee; for mine is the world, and what filleth it.
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is Mine, and the fulness thereof.
13 Do I eat the flesh of fatted bulls, or drink the blood of he-goats?
Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay unto the Most High thy vows;
Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the Most High;
15 And call on me on the day of distress: I will deliver thee, — and so wilt thou 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 saith, “What hast thou to do to relate my statutes, and why bearest thou my covenant upon thy 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 And yet thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest My words behind thee.
18 When thou seest a thief, then art thou pleased with him, and with adulterers hast thou thy portion.
When thou sawest a thief, thou hadst company with him, and with adulterers was thy portion.
19 Thou lettest loose thy mouth with evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Thou hast let loose thy mouth for evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; against thy own mother's son thou utterest slander.
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence: thou didst ween that I am like thyself; [but] I will reprove thee, and set it in order before thy 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 Do but reflect on this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, with none to deliver.
Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
23 Whoso offereth thanksgiving glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his course 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.'
