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

2 From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shone.

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

3 Our God comes, and is not silent, Fire devours before Him, And around Him it has been very tempestuous.

Our God cometh, and will not be silent; Before him is a devouring fire, And around him a raging tempest.

4 He calls to the heavens from 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 My saints to Me, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice.

“Gather together before me my godly ones, Who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”

6 And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judging. (Selah)

(And the heavens shall declare his righteousness, For it is God himself that is judge., Pause)

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 thee! For I am God, thine own God.

8 I do not reprove you for your sacrifices, Indeed, your 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 do not take a bullock from your house, [Or] male goats from your folds.

I will take no bullock from thy house, Nor he-goat from thy folds;

10 For every beast of the forest [is] Mine, The livestock on the hills of oxen.

For all the beasts of the forest are mine, And 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 all the birds of the mountains, And the wild beasts of the field are before me.

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 thee; For the world is mine, and all that is therein.

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.

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

15 And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver you, and you honor Me.

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

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 Indeed, you have hated instruction, And cast My words behind you.

Thou, who hatest instruction And castest my words behind thee!

18 If you have seen a thief, Then you are pleased with him, And your portion [is] with adulterers.

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

19 You have sent forth your mouth with evil, And your tongue joins deceit together,

Thou lettest loose thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit;

20 You sit, you speak against your brother, You give slander against a son of your mother.

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine 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.

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 Now understand this, You who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.

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

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