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.” The mighty God, Jehovah, speaketh, and calleth the earth, From the rising of the sun to its going down.

2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shineth forth.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shineth 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 will not be silent; Before him is a devouring fire, And around him a raging tempest.

4 He will call to the heavens above, and to the earth, to judge his people.

He calleth to the heavens on high, And to the earth, while he judgeth his people:

5 “Gather together unto me my pious servants, who make a covenant with me by sacrifice.”

“Gather together before me my godly ones, Who 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 shall declare his righteousness, For it is God himself that is judge., Pause)

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! For I am God, thine own God.

8 Not because of thy sacrifices will I reprove thee; and thy burnt-offerings are continually before me.

I reprove thee not on account of thy sacrifices; For thy burnt-offerings are ever 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 from thy house, Nor he-goat from thy folds;

10 For mine are all the beasts of the forest, the cattle upon a thousand mountains.

For all the beasts of the forest are mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills.

11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: whatever moveth on the fields is with me.

I know all the birds of the mountains, And the wild beasts of the field are before me.

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 all that is therein.

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 to God thanksgiving, And pay thy vows to the Most High!

15 And call on me on the day of distress: I will deliver thee, — and so wilt thou glorify me.”

Then call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify 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?

And to the wicked God saith, “To what purpose dost thou talk of my statutes? And why hast thou my laws upon thy lips?—

17 And yet thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

Thou, who 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 seest a thief, thou art in friendship with him, And hast fellowship with adulterers.

19 Thou lettest loose thy mouth with evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

Thou lettest loose thy mouth to 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 I kept silence; Hence thou thoughtest that I was altogether like thyself: But I will reprove thee, and set it in order before thine eyes.

22 Do but reflect on this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, with none to deliver.

Mark this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and none deliver you!

23 Whoso offereth thanksgiving glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his course aright, will I show the salvation of God.

Whoso offereth praise honoreth me; And to him who hath regard to his ways Will I show salvation from God.”