Psalms 50
1 “A psalm of Asaph.” The mighty God, Jehovah, speaketh, and calleth the earth, From the rising of the sun to its going down.
A Psalm for Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to the going down [thereof].
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shineth forth.
Out of Sion [comes] the excellence of his beauty.
3 Our God cometh, and will not be silent; Before him is a devouring fire, And around him a raging tempest.
God, our God, shall come manifestly, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall be kindled before him, and round about him there shall be a very great tempest.
4 He calleth to the heavens on high, And to the earth, while he judgeth his people:
He shall summon the heaven above, and the earth, that he may judge his people.
5 “Gather together before me my godly ones, Who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”
Assemble ye his saints to him, those that have engaged in a covenant with him upon sacrifices.
6 (And the heavens shall declare his righteousness, For it is God himself that is judge., Pause)
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge. (Pause)
7 “Hear, O my people, and I will speak! O Israel, and I will testify against thee! For I am God, thine own God.
Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel: and I will testify to thee: I am God, thy God.
8 I reprove thee not on account of thy sacrifices; For thy burnt-offerings are ever before me.
I will not reprove thee on account of thy sacrifices; for thy whole-burnt-offerings are before me continually.
9 I will take no bullock from thy house, Nor he-goat from thy folds;
I will take no bullocks out of thine house, nor he-goats out of thy flocks.
10 For all the beasts of the forest are mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills.
For all the wild beasts of the thicket are mine, the cattle on the mountains, and oxen.
11 I know all the birds of the mountains, And the wild beasts of the field are before me.
I know all the birds of the sky; and the beauty of the field is mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and all that is therein.
If I should be hungry, I will not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fullness of it.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats?
Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer to God thanksgiving, And pay thy vows to the Most High!
Offer to God the sacrifice of praise; and pay thy vows to the Most High.
15 Then call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me!”
And call upon me in the day of affliction; and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. (Pause)
16 And to the wicked God saith, “To what purpose dost thou talk of my statutes? And why hast thou my laws upon thy lips?—
But to the sinner God has said, Why dost thou declare my ordinances, and take up my covenant in thy mouth?
17 Thou, who hatest instruction And castest my words behind thee!
Whereas thou hast hated instruction, and hast cast my words behind [thee].
18 When thou seest a thief, thou art in friendship with him, And hast fellowship with adulterers.
If thou sawest a thief, thou rannest along with him, and hast cast in thy lot with adulterers.
19 Thou lettest loose thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit;
Thy mouth has multiplied wickedness, and thy tongue has framed deceit.
20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
Thou didst sit and speak against thy brother, and didst scandalize thy mother's son.
21 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.
These things thou didst, and I kept silence: thou thoughtest wickedly that I should be like thee, [but] I will reprove thee, and set [thine offences] before thee.
22 Mark this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and none deliver you!
Now consider these things, ye that forget God, lest he rend [you], and there is no deliverer.
23 Whoso offereth praise honoreth me; And to him who hath regard to his ways Will I show salvation from God.”
The sacrifice of praise will glorify me: and that is the way wherein I will shew to him the salvation of God.
