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. God, [even] God, the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

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

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.

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

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

4 He calls to the heavens from above, And to the earth, to judge His people.

He shall call to the heavens above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people:

5 Gather My saints to Me, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice.

Gather my saints together unto me; those that 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 God is judge himself. (Selah)

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 unto thee: I am God, [even] thy God.

8 I do not reprove you for your sacrifices, Indeed, your burnt-offerings [Are] continually before Me.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; and thy burnt offerings are continually before me.

9 I do not take a bullock from your house, [Or] male goats from your folds.

I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.

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

For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon 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 fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts 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 thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of male goats?

Will 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 unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the Most High:

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

And 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?

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

Seeing thou 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 sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

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

Thou givest 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; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.

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

Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:

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 the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifieth me; and to him that ordereth his conversation [aright] will I shew the salvation of God.