Psalms 50
1 The salm of Asaph. God, the Lord of goddis, spak; and clepide the erthe,
A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
2 fro the risynge of the sunne til to the goyng doun. The schap of his fairnesse fro Syon,
From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
3 God schal come opynli; oure God, and he schal not be stille. Fier schal brenne an hiye in his siyt; and a strong tempest in his cumpas.
Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
4 He clepide heuene aboue; and the erthe, to deme his puple.
He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
5 Gadere ye to hym hise seyntis; that ordeynen his testament aboue sacrifices.
“Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
6 `And heuenes schulen schewe his riytfulnesse; for God is the iuge.
And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge.
7 Mi puple, here thou, and Y schal speke to Israel; and Y schal witnesse to thee, Y am God, thi God.
“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
8 I schal not repreue thee in thi sacrifices; and thi brent sacrifices ben euere bifor me.
I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
9 I schal not take calues of thin hows; nethir geet buckis of thi flockis.
I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
10 For alle the wyelde beestis of wodis ben myne; werk beestis, and oxis in hillis.
for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I haue knowe alle the volatils of heuene; and the fairnesse of the feeld is with me.
I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
12 If Y schal be hungry, Y schal not seie to thee; for the world and the fulnesse therof is myn.
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
13 Whether Y schal eete the fleischis of boolis? ethir schal Y drynke the blood of geet buckis?
Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offre thou to God the sacrifice of heriyng; and yelde thin avowis to the hiyeste God.
Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
15 And inwardli clepe thou me in the dai of tribulacioun; and Y schal delyuere thee, and thou schalt onoure me.
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
16 But God seide to the synnere, Whi tellist thou out my riytfulnessis; and takist my testament bi thi mouth?
To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
17 Sotheli thou hatidist lore; and hast cast awey my wordis bihynde.
For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
18 If thou siyest a theef, thou `hast runne with hym; and thou settidist thi part with avowtreris.
When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
19 Thi mouth was plenteuouse of malice; and thi tunge medlide togidere giles.
You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.
20 Thou sittynge spakist ayens thi brother, and thou settidist sclaundir ayens the sone of thi modir;
You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
21 thou didist these thingis, and Y was stille. Thou gessidist wickidli, that Y schal be lijk thee; Y schal repreue thee, and Y schal sette ayens thi face.
You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
22 Ye that foryeten God, vndurstonde these thingis; lest sum tyme he rauysche, and noon be that schal delyuere.
Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
23 The sacrifice of heriyng schal onoure me; and there is the weie, where ynne Y schal schewe to hym the helthe of God.
He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
