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 Asaph.” The mighty God, Jehovah, speaketh, and calleth the earth, From the rising of the sun to its going down.

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 cometh, and will not be silent; Before him is a devouring fire, And around him a raging tempest.

4 He doth call unto the heavens from above, And unto the earth, to judge His people.

He calleth to the heavens on high, And to the earth, while he judgeth his people:

5 Gather ye to Me My saints, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice.

“Gather together before me my godly ones, Who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”

6 And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself [is] judge. (Selah)

(And the heavens shall declare his righteousness, For it is God himself that is judge., Pause)

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! For I am God, thine own God.

8 Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings [Are] before Me continually.

I reprove thee not on account of thy sacrifices; For thy burnt-offerings are ever before me.

9 I take not from thy house a bullock, From thy folds he goats.

I will take no bullock from thy house, Nor he-goat from thy folds;

10 For Mine [is] every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen.

For all the beasts of the forest are mine, And the cattle 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, And the wild beasts of the field are before 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 tell thee; For the world is mine, and all that is therein.

13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats?

Do 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 thanksgiving, And pay thy vows to the Most High!

15 And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.

Then call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt 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?

And to the wicked God saith, “To what purpose dost thou talk of my statutes? And why hast thou my laws upon thy lips?—

17 Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.

Thou, who 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, thou art in friendship with him, And hast fellowship with adulterers.

19 Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

Thou lettest loose thy mouth to 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; Thou slanderest thine 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.

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Hence thou thoughtest that I was altogether like thyself: But I will reprove thee, and set it in order before thine eyes.

22 Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.

Mark this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and none deliver you!

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 praise honoreth me; And to him who hath regard to his ways Will I show salvation from God.”