Psalms 50
1 A psalm of Asaph. The Lord, the Almighty God, speaks! He summons everyone on earth, from the east to the west.
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.
2 God shines out of Mount Zion, perfect in beauty.
From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shone.
3 Our God arrives, and does not stay quiet. Fire flames before him, burning everything up; a violent storm rages around him.
Our God cometh, and is not silent, Fire before Him doth devour, And round about him it hath been very tempestuous.
4 He summons the heavens above and the earth to witness the judgment of his people.
He doth call unto the heavens from above, And unto the earth, to judge His people.
5 “Bring me those who trust in me—those who confirmed the agreement with me through sacrifice.”
Gather ye to Me My saints, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice.
6 The heavens declare his decisions are right, for God himself is the judge. (Selah)
And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself [is] judge. (Selah)
7 “My people, listen to what I have to say. I am bringing charges against you, Israel. I am God, your God!
Hear, O My people, and I speak, O Israel, and I testify against thee, God, thy God [am] I.
8 I'm not complaining about your sacrifices or burnt offerings that you offer all the time.
Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings [Are] before Me continually.
9 I do not require bulls from your barns or goats from your pens,
I take not from thy house a bullock, From thy folds he goats.
10 for I own all the animals of the forest, and the cattle on a thousand hills belong to me.
For Mine [is] every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen.
11 I know every bird of the mountains; all living things in the fields are mine.
I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field [is] with Me.
12 If I were hungry, I wouldn't tell you, for the earth and everything in it are mine.
If I am hungry I tell not to thee, For Mine [is] the world and its fulness.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats?
14 Give an offering of thanks to God; keep the promises you made to the Most High,
Sacrifice to God confession, And complete to the Most High thy vows.
15 and call on me when you're in trouble. I will rescue you, and you will thank me.”
And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.
16 But to the wicked God says, “What's the point of mechanically repeating my laws or making empty promises about obeying the agreement?
And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee — to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth?
17 You hate my discipline, and you toss my words away, leaving them behind you.
Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.
18 When you see people stealing, you admire them; you associate with adulterers.
If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers [is] thy portion.
19 With your mouth you say evil things; you use your tongue to spread lies.
Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,
20 You sit there and speak against your brother, slandering your own mother's son.
Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.
21 I kept quiet when you did these things. You thought I was someone just like you. But now I confront you, and bring my charges against you.
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.
22 Think again, you people who dismiss God, or I will tear you apart, and no-one will be able to save you.
Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.
23 But those who give an offering of thanks honor me, and to those who follow the right I will show them the salvation of God.”
He who is sacrificing praise honoureth Me, As to him who maketh a way, I cause him to look on the salvation of God!
