Psalms 50
1 A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising to the setting of the sun.
“A psalm of Assaph.” The God of gods, the Lord, speaketh, and calleth the earth, from the rising of the sun unto his setting.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shineth forth.
3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous around him.
Our God is coming, and will not keep silence: a fire devoureth before him, and round him there rageth a mighty storm.
4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
He will call to the heavens above, and to the earth, to judge his people.
5 Gather my saints together to me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
“Gather together unto me my pious servants, who make a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. (Selah)
And the heavens tell of his righteousness; for God is judge himself. (Selah)
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
“Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: God, thy God, am I.
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
Not because of thy sacrifices will I reprove thee; and thy burnt-offerings are continually before me.
9 I will take no bull out of thy house, nor male goats out of thy folds.
I will not take a bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
For mine are all the beasts of the forest, the cattle upon a thousand mountains.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
I know all the fowls of the mountains: whatever moveth on the fields is with me.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and all it containeth.
If I were hungry, I would not say it to thee; for mine is the world, and what filleth it.
13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Do I eat the flesh of fatted bulls, or drink the blood of he-goats?
14 Offer to God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows to the most High:
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay unto the Most High thy vows;
15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
And call on me on the day of distress: I will deliver thee, — and so wilt thou glorify me.”
16 But to the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
But unto the wicked God saith, “What hast thou to do to relate my statutes, and why bearest thou my covenant upon thy mouth?
17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
And yet thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou didst consent with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
When thou seest a thief, then art thou pleased with him, and with adulterers hast thou thy portion.
19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Thou lettest loose thy mouth with evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thy own mother’s son.
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; against thy own mother's son thou utterest slander.
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.
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence: thou didst ween that I am like thyself; [but] I will reprove thee, and set it in order before thy eyes.”
22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Do but reflect on this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, with none to deliver.
23 Whoever offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conduct aright will I show the salvation of God.
Whoso offereth thanksgiving glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his course aright, will I show the salvation of God.
