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

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

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

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

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

He calls to the heavens above and to the earth so 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 faithful ones together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”

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

The heavens will declare his righteousness, for God himself 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, my people, and I will speak; I am God, your God.

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

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

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

I will take no bull out of your house, or male goats out of your 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 on 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 birds 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 you; for the world is mine, and everything in it.

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

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

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

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

17 Seeing that, thou, hast hated correction, And hast cast my words behind thee;

since you hate instruction and throw my words away?

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

When you see a thief, you agree with him; you participate with those who commit adultery.

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

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

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

You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your 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.

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

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 that sacrificeth a thankoffering, will glorify me, —And will prepare a way by which I may show him 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.”