Psalms 50

1 A psalm for Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken: and he hath called the earth. From the rising of the sun, to 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 Sion the loveliness of his beauty.

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

3 God shall come manifestly: our God shall come, and shall not keep silence. A fire shall burn before him: and a mighty tempest shall be 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 heaven from above, and the earth, to judge his people.

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

5 Gather ye together his saints to him: who set his covenant before sacrifices.

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

6 And the heavens shall declare his justice: for God is judge.

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 to thee: I am God, thy God.

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

8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.

I will not reprove you on account of your sacrifices; for your whole burnt offerings are before me continually.

9 I will not take calves out of thy house: nor he goats out of thy flocks.

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

10 For all the beasts of the woods are mine: the cattle on the hills, and the oxen.

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 air: and with me is the beauty of the field.

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

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

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

13 Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? or shall I drink the blood of goats?

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

14 Offer to God the sacrifice of praise: and pay thy vows to the most High.

Offer to God the sacrifice of praise; and 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.

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

16 But to the sinner God hath said: Why dost thou declare my justices, and take my covenant in thy mouth?

But to the sinner God has said, Why do you declare my ordinances, and take up my covenant in your mouth?

17 Seeing thou hast hated discipline: and hast cast my words behind thee.

Whereas you have hated instruction, and have cast my words behind [you].

18 If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.

If you saw a thief, you ran along with him, and have cast in your lot with adulterers.

19 Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, and thy tongue framed deceits.

Your mouth has multiplied wickedness, and your tongue has framed deceit.

20 Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a scandal against thy mother’s son:

You did sit and speak against your brother, and did scandalize your mother's son.

21 These things hast thou done, and I was silent. Thou thoughtest unjustly that I should be like to thee: but I will reprove thee, and set before thy face.

These things you did, and I kept silence: you thought wickedly that I should be like you, [but] I will reprove you, and set [your offences] before you.

22 Understand these things, you that forget God; lest he snatch you away, and there be none to deliver you.

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

23 The sacrifice of praise shall glorify me: and there is the way by which I will shew him the salvation of God.

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