Psalms 50

1 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.

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

From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.

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

Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.

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

He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:

5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

“Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God is judge himself. (Selah)

And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge.

7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, [even] thy God.

“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.

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

I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.

9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy 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, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.

11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.

12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.

13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

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

Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.

15 And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

16 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?

To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?

17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

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

When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.

19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.

20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.

21 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.

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

Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:

23 Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifieth me; and to him that ordereth his conversation [aright] will I shew 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.”