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 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 shined.

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

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

4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to 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 my saints together to me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

“Gather my faithful ones together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”

6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God [is] judge himself. (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 testify against thee: I [am] God, [even] thy God.

“Hear, my people, and I will speak; I am God, your God.

8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt-offerings, [to have been] continually before me.

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

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

I will take no bull out of your house, or male goats out of your folds.

10 For every beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the cattle upon a thousand hills.

For every beast of the forest is mine, and 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 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 the world [is] mine, and the fullness 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 bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

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

14 Offer to God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows to the Most High:

Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay 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 on me in the day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will 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 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 thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

since you hate instruction and throw my words away?

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

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

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

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

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

You sit and speak against 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, 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 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] 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 Whoever offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth [his] deportment [aright] will I show 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.”