Psalms 50

1 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.

The mighty God, even the LORD, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

2 From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shone.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined.

3 Our God cometh, and is not silent, Fire before Him doth devour, And round about him it hath been very tempestuous.

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

4 He doth call unto the heavens from above, And unto the earth, to judge His people.

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

5 Gather ye to Me My saints, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice.

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

6 And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself [is] judge. (Selah)

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

7 Hear, O My people, and I speak, O Israel, and I testify against thee, God, thy God [am] I.

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

8 Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings [Are] before Me continually.

I will not reprove you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

9 I take not from thy house a bullock, From thy folds he goats.

I will take no bullock out of your house, nor he goats out of your folds.

10 For Mine [is] every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen.

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

11 I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field [is] with Me.

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

12 If I am hungry I tell not to thee, For Mine [is] the world and its fulness.

If I were hungry, I would not tell you: for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof.

13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats?

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

14 Sacrifice to God confession, And complete to the Most High thy vows.

Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay your vows unto the most High:

15 And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.

And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.

16 And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee — to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth?

But unto the wicked God says, What have you to do to declare my statutes, or that you should take my covenant in your mouth?

17 Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.

Seeing you hate instruction, and casts my words behind you.

18 If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers [is] thy portion.

When you saw a thief, then you consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers.

19 Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

20 Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.

You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.

21 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.

These things have you done, and I kept silence; you thought that I was altogether such an one as yourself: but I will reprove you, and set them in order before your eyes.

22 Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.

Now consider this, all of you that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

23 He who is sacrificing praise honoureth Me, As to him who maketh a way, I cause him to look on the salvation of God!

Whoso offers praise glorifies me: and to him that orders his conversation aright will I show the salvation of God.