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 by Asaph.] The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, speaks, and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2 From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shone.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines 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 comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.
4 He doth call unto the heavens from above, And unto the earth, to judge His people.
He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people:
5 Gather ye to Me My saints, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice.
"Gather my faithful ones together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice."
6 And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself [is] judge. (Selah)
The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. (Selah)
7 Hear, O My people, and I speak, O Israel, and I testify against thee, God, thy God [am] I.
"Hear, my people, and I will speak; Israel, and I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
8 Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings [Are] before Me continually.
I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.
9 I take not from thy house a bullock, From thy folds he goats.
I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens.
10 For Mine [is] every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen.
For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills.
11 I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field [is] with Me.
I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine.
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 tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats?
Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14 Sacrifice to God confession, And complete to the Most High thy vows.
Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.
15 And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.
Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor 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 to the wicked God says, "What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,
17 Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.
seeing you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?
18 If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers [is] thy portion.
When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.
19 Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,
"You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.
20 Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.
You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother's son.
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.
You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.
22 Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.
"Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be 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!
Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me; and to him who orders his conduct I will show the salvation of God."
