Psalms 50

1 A Psalm. Of Asaph. God, Elohim-Jehovah, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

A Psalm by Asaph. The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.

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

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines out.

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

Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.

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

He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people:

5 Gather unto me my godly ones, those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice!

“Gather my saints together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”

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

The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. (Selah)

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

“Hear, my people, and I will speak. Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.

8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, or thy burnt-offerings, continually before me;

I don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.

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

I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens.

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

For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills.

11 I know all the fowl of the mountains, and the roaming creatures of the field are mine:

I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine.

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

If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.

13 Should I eat the flesh of bulls, and drink the blood of goats?

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

14 Offer unto God thanksgiving, and perform thy vows unto the Most High;

Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.

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

Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honour me.”

16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant into 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 Seeing thou hast hated correction and hast cast my words behind thee?

since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?

18 When thou sawest a thief, thou didst take pleasure in him, and thy portion was with adulterers;

When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.

19 Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit;

“You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

20 Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother, thou revilest thine own mother's son:

You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother’s son.

21 These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order 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 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be no deliverer.

“Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.

23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me; and to him that ordereth [his] way will I shew the salvation of God.

Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.”