Psalms 50
1 A PSALM OF ASAPH. The God of gods—YHWH—has spoken, And He calls to the earth From the rising of the sun to its going in.
A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
2 From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shone.
From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
3 Our God comes, and is not silent, Fire devours before Him, And around Him it has been very tempestuous.
Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
4 He calls to the heavens from above, And to the earth, to judge His people.
He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
5 Gather My saints to Me, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice.
“Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
6 And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judging. (Selah)
And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge.
7 Hear, O My people, and I speak, O Israel, and I testify against you, God—I [am] your God.
“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
8 I do not reprove you for your sacrifices, Indeed, your burnt-offerings [Are] continually before Me.
I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
9 I do not take a bullock from your house, [Or] male goats from your folds.
I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
10 For every beast of the forest [is] Mine, The livestock on the hills of oxen.
for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I have known every bird of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field [is] with Me.
I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
12 If I am hungry I do not tell [it] to you, For the world and its fullness [is] Mine.
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of male goats?
Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14 Sacrifice to God confession, And complete your vows to the Most High.
Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
15 And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver you, and you honor Me.
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
16 And to the wicked God has said: What to you—to recount My statutes? That you lift up My covenant on your mouth?
To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
17 Indeed, you have hated instruction, And cast My words behind you.
For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
18 If you have seen a thief, Then you are pleased with him, And your portion [is] with adulterers.
When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
19 You have sent forth your mouth with evil, And your tongue joins deceit together,
You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.
20 You sit, you speak against your brother, You give slander against a son of your mother.
You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
21 These you did, and I kept silent, You have thought that I am like you, I reprove you, and set in array before your eyes.
You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
22 Now understand this, You who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.
Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
23 He who is sacrificing praise honors Me, As for him who makes a way, I cause him to look on the salvation of God!
He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
