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, Yahweh, has spoken and called the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.

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

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone.

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

Our God comes and does not stay silent; a fire devours before him, and it is very stormy around him.

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

He calls to the heavens above and to the earth so that he may judge his people:

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

“Gather my faithful ones together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”

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

The heavens will declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. (Selah)

7 Hear, O My people, and I speak, O Israel, and I testify against you, God—I [am] your God.

“Hear, my people, and I will speak; I am God, your God.

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

I will not reprove you for your sacrifices; your burnt offerings are always before me.

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

I will take no bull out of your house, or male goats out of your 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 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 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 everything in it.

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 to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High.

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

Call on me in the day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will 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 to the wicked God says, “What have you to do with declaring my statutes, that you have taken my covenant in your mouth,

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

since you hate instruction and throw my words away?

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 agree with him; you participate with those who commit adultery.

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

You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue expresses deceit.

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

You sit and speak against 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, but I have kept silent, so you thought that I was someone just like yourself. But I will reprove you and bring up, right before your eyes, all the things you have done.

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

Give this careful consideration, you who forget God, otherwise I will tear you to pieces, and there will be no one to come to help 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!

The one who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving praises me, and to anyone who plans his path in the right way I will show God's salvation.”