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 One, God, Yahweh, has spoken and called 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 has shone.

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 stay silent; a fire devours before him, and 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 and to the earth so 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 will 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; I am God, your God.

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

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

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

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

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

For every beast of the forest is 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 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 everything 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, and 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 rescue you, and you will 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 to the wicked God says, “What have you to do with declaring my statutes, that you have taken my covenant in your mouth,

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

since you hate instruction and throw my words away?

18 If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers [is] thy portion.

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

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

You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue expresses 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, 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 Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.

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 He who is sacrificing praise honoureth Me, As to him who maketh a way, I cause him to look on 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.”