Psalms 50

1 A Psalm of Asaph. God, [even] God, the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

A Psalm for Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to the going down [thereof].

2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.

Out of Sion [comes] the excellence of his beauty.

3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

God, our God, shall come manifestly, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall be kindled before him, and round about him there shall be a very great tempest.

4 He shall call to the heavens above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people:

He shall summon the heaven above, and the earth, that he may judge his people.

5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

Assemble ye his saints to him, those that have engaged in a covenant with him upon sacrifices.

6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God is judge himself. (Selah)

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge. (Pause)

7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, [even] thy God.

Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel: and I will testify to thee: I am God, thy God.

8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; and thy burnt offerings are continually before me.

I will not reprove thee on account of thy sacrifices; for thy whole-burnt-offerings are before me continually.

9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.

I will take no bullocks out of thine house, nor he-goats out of thy flocks.

10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

For all the wild beasts of the thicket are mine, the cattle on the mountains, and oxen.

11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

I know all the birds of the sky; and the beauty of the field is mine.

12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

If I should be hungry, I will not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fullness of it.

13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

14 Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the Most High:

Offer to God the sacrifice of praise; and pay thy vows to the Most High.

15 And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

And call upon me in the day of affliction; and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. (Pause)

16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes; and that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth?

But to the sinner God has said, Why dost thou declare my ordinances, and take up my covenant in thy mouth?

17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

Whereas thou hast hated instruction, and hast cast my words behind [thee].

18 When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

If thou sawest a thief, thou rannest along with him, and hast cast in thy lot with adulterers.

19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

Thy mouth has multiplied wickedness, and thy tongue has framed deceit.

20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

Thou didst sit and speak against thy brother, and didst scandalize thy mother's son.

21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.

These things thou didst, and I kept silence: thou thoughtest wickedly that I should be like thee, [but] I will reprove thee, and set [thine offences] before thee.

22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:

Now consider these things, ye that forget God, lest he rend [you], and there is no deliverer.

23 Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifieth me; and to him that ordereth his conversation [aright] will I shew the salvation of God.

The sacrifice of praise will glorify me: and that is the way wherein I will shew to him the salvation of God.