Psalms 50

1 A Melody of Asaph. El, Elohim, Yahweh, hath spoken, and culled the earth, From the rising of the sun, unto the going in thereof:

A Psalm of Asaph. God, God, the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

2 Out of Zion the perfection of beauty, God, hath shone forth.

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

3 Let our God come, and let him not keep silence! A fire—before him, shall devour, And, around him, hath it become exceeding tempestuous:

Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence; a fire devoureth before Him, and round about Him it stormeth mightily.

4 He calleth, Unto the heavens above, And unto the earth, That he may judge his people.

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

5 Gather yourselves unto me—ye my men of lovingkindness, Who have solemnised my covenant over sacrifice.

'Gather My saints together unto Me; those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.'

6 Now have the heavens declared his righteousness, Because, God, is, about to judge. (Selah)

And the heavens declare His righteousness; for God, He is judge. (Selah)

7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will adjure thee, God, thine own God, I am: —

'Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: God, thy God, am I.

8 Not, for thy sacrifices, will I reprove thee, Nor for thine ascending-offerings, before me continually:

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

9 I will not take out of thy house—a bullock, Nor out of thy folds—he-goats;

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

10 For, mine, is every wild-beast of the forest, The cattle on the mountains, in their thousands;

For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

11 I know every bird of the mountains, And, the moving things of the plain, are with me:

I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are Mine.

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

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is Mine, and the fulness thereof.

13 Will I eat the flesh of mighty oxen? Or, the blood of he-goats, will I drink?

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

14 Sacrifice to God a thankoffering, And pay to the Most High thy vows;

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

15 Call upon me, then, in the day of distress, I will deliver thee, that thou mayest glorify me.

And call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt honour Me.'

16 But, to the lawless one, God saith, What hast, thou, to do, to recount my statutes? Or that thou hast taken up my covenant upon thy 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 Seeing that, thou, hast hated correction, And hast cast my words behind thee;

Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest My words behind thee.

18 If thou sawest a thief, then didst thou run with him, —And, with adulterers, hath been thy chosen life;

When thou sawest a thief, thou hadst company with him, and with adulterers was thy portion.

19 Thy mouth, hast thou thrust into wickedness, And, thy tongue, kept weaving deceit;

Thou hast let loose thy mouth for evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

20 Thou wouldst sit down—Against thine own brother, wouldst thou speak, Against thine own mother’s son, wouldst thou expose a fault: —

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

21 These things, hast thou done, and I have kept silence, Thou thoughtest that I should really be like thyself, I will convict thee, yea I will set [thine offences] in order before thine eyes.

These things hast thou done, and should I have kept silence? Thou hadst thought that I was altogether such a one as thyself; but I will reprove thee, and set the cause before thine eyes.

22 Understand this, I pray you, ye forgetters of GOD, Lest I tear in pieces, and there be none to deliver: —

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

23 He that sacrificeth a thankoffering, will glorify me, —And will prepare a way by which I may show him the salvation of God.

Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving honoureth Me; and to him that ordereth his way aright will I show the salvation of God.'