Psalms 50
1 A psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, has spoken and called the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
“A psalm of Asaph.” The mighty God, Jehovah, speaketh, and calleth the earth, From the rising of the sun to its going down.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shineth forth.
3 Our God comes and does not stay silent; a fire devours before him, and it is very stormy around him.
Our God cometh, and will not be silent; Before him is a devouring fire, And around him a raging tempest.
4 He calls to the heavens above and to the earth so that he may judge his people:
He calleth to the heavens on high, And to the earth, while he judgeth his people:
5 “Gather my faithful ones together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
“Gather together before me my godly ones, Who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”
6 The heavens will declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. (Selah)
(And the heavens shall declare his righteousness, For it is God himself that is judge., Pause)
7 “Hear, my people, and I will speak; I am God, your God.
“Hear, O my people, and I will speak! O Israel, and I will testify against thee! For I am God, thine own God.
8 I will not reprove you for your sacrifices; your burnt offerings are always before me.
I reprove thee not on account of thy sacrifices; For thy burnt-offerings are ever before me.
9 I will take no bull out of your house, or male goats out of your folds.
I will take no bullock from thy house, Nor he-goat from thy folds;
10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.
For all the beasts of the forest are mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know all the birds of the mountains, and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
I know all the birds of the mountains, And the wild beasts of the field are before me.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world is mine, and everything in it.
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and all that is therein.
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 to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High.
Offer to God thanksgiving, And pay thy vows to the Most High!
15 Call on me in the day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will glorify me.”
Then call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me!”
16 But to the wicked God says, “What have you to do with declaring my statutes, that you have taken my covenant in your mouth,
And to the wicked God saith, “To what purpose dost thou talk of my statutes? And why hast thou my laws upon thy lips?—
17 since you hate instruction and throw my words away?
Thou, who hatest instruction And castest my words behind thee!
18 When you see a thief, you agree with him; you participate with those who commit adultery.
When thou seest a thief, thou art in friendship with him, And hast fellowship with adulterers.
19 You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue expresses deceit.
Thou lettest loose thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit;
20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
21 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.
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.
22 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!
Mark this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and none deliver you!
23 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.”
Whoso offereth praise honoreth me; And to him who hath regard to his ways Will I show salvation from God.”
