Psalmorum 50
1 Psalmus Asaph. Deus deorum Dominus locutus est: et vocavit terram, A solis ortu usque ad occasum:
“A psalm of Asaph.” The mighty God, Jehovah, speaketh, and calleth the earth, From the rising of the sun to its going down.
2 ex Sion species decoris eius.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shineth forth.
3 Deus manifeste veniet: Deus noster et non silebit. Ignis in conspectu eius exardescet: et in circuitu eius tempestas valida.
Our God cometh, and will not be silent; Before him is a devouring fire, And around him a raging tempest.
4 Advocavit caelum desursum: et terram discernere populum suum.
He calleth to the heavens on high, And to the earth, while he judgeth his people:
5 Congregate illi sanctos eius: qui ordinant testamentum eius super sacrificia.
“Gather together before me my godly ones, Who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”
6 Et annunciabunt caeli iustitiam eius: quoniam Deus iudex est.
(And the heavens shall declare his righteousness, For it is God himself that is judge., Pause)
7 Audi populus meus, et loquar Israel, et testificabor tibi: Deus Deus tuus ego sum.
“Hear, O my people, and I will speak! O Israel, and I will testify against thee! For I am God, thine own God.
8 Non in sacrificiis tuis arguam te: holocausta autem tua in conspectu meo sunt semper.
I reprove thee not on account of thy sacrifices; For thy burnt-offerings are ever before me.
9 Non accipiam de domo tua vitulos: neque de gregibus tuis hircos.
I will take no bullock from thy house, Nor he-goat from thy folds;
10 Quoniam meae sunt omnes ferae silvarum, iumenta in montibus et boves.
For all the beasts of the forest are mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 Cognovi omnia volatilia caeli: et pulchritudo agri mecum est.
I know all the birds of the mountains, And the wild beasts of the field are before me.
12 Si esuriero, non dicam tibi: meus est enim orbis terrae, et plenitudo eius.
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and all that is therein.
13 Numquid manducabo carnes taurorum? aut sanguinem hircorum potabo?
Do I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats?
14 Immola Deo sacrificium laudis: et redde Altissimo vota tua.
Offer to God thanksgiving, And pay thy vows to the Most High!
15 Et invoca me in die tribulationis: eruam te, et honorificabis me.
Then call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me!”
16 Peccatori autem dixit Deus: Quare tu enarras iustitias meas, et assumis testamentum meum per os tuum?
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 Tu vero odisti disciplinam: et proiecisti sermones meos retrorsum:
Thou, who hatest instruction And castest my words behind thee!
18 Si videbas furem, currebas cum eo: et cum adulteris portionem tuam ponebas.
When thou seest a thief, thou art in friendship with him, And hast fellowship with adulterers.
19 Os tuum abundavit malitia: et lingua tua concinnabat dolos.
Thou lettest loose thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit;
20 Sedens adversus fratrem tuum loquebaris, et adversus filium matris tuae ponebas scandalum:
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
21 haec fecisti, et tacui. Existimasti inique quod ero tui similis: arguam te, et statuam contra faciem tuam.
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 Intelligite haec qui obliviscimini Deum: nequando rapiat, et non sit qui eripiat.
Mark this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and none deliver you!
23 Sacrificium laudis honorificabit me: et illic iter, quo ostendam illi salutare Dei.
Whoso offereth praise honoreth me; And to him who hath regard to his ways Will I show salvation from God.”
