Psalms 50
1 A Psalm of Asaph. The God of gods — Jehovah — hath spoken, And He calleth to the earth From the rising of the sun unto its going in.
“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 From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shone.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shineth forth.
3 Our God cometh, and is not silent, Fire before Him doth devour, And round about him it hath been very tempestuous.
Our God is coming, and will not keep silence: a fire devoureth before him, and round him there rageth a mighty storm.
4 He doth call unto the heavens from above, And unto the earth, to judge His people.
He will call to the heavens above, and to the earth, to judge his people.
5 Gather ye to Me My saints, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice.
“Gather together unto me my pious servants, who make a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
6 And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself [is] judge. (Selah)
And the heavens tell of his righteousness; for God is judge himself. (Selah)
7 Hear, O My people, and I speak, O Israel, and I testify against thee, God, thy God [am] I.
“Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: God, thy God, am I.
8 Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings [Are] before Me continually.
Not because of thy sacrifices will I reprove thee; and thy burnt-offerings are continually before me.
9 I take not from thy house a bullock, From thy folds he goats.
I will not take a bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.
10 For Mine [is] every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen.
For mine are all the beasts of the forest, the cattle upon a thousand mountains.
11 I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field [is] with Me.
I know all the fowls of the mountains: whatever moveth on the fields is with me.
12 If I am hungry I tell not to thee, For Mine [is] the world and its fulness.
If I were hungry, I would not say it to thee; for mine is the world, and what filleth it.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats?
Do I eat the flesh of fatted bulls, or drink the blood of he-goats?
14 Sacrifice to God confession, And complete to the Most High thy vows.
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay unto the Most High thy vows;
15 And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.
And call on me on the day of distress: I will deliver thee, — and so wilt thou glorify me.”
16 And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee — to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on 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 Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.
And yet thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
18 If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers [is] thy portion.
When thou seest a thief, then art thou pleased with him, and with adulterers hast thou thy portion.
19 Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,
Thou lettest loose thy mouth with evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
20 Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; against thy own mother's son thou utterest slander.
21 These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array 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 Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.
Do but reflect on this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, with none to deliver.
23 He who is sacrificing praise honoureth Me, As to him who maketh a way, I cause him to look on the salvation of God!
Whoso offereth thanksgiving glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his course aright, will I show the salvation of God.
