50:1 THE MIGHTY One, God, the Lord, speaks and calls the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. |
50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. |
50:3 Our God comes and does not keep silence; a fire devours before Him, and round about Him a mighty tempest rages. |
50:4 He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that He may judge His people: |
50:5 Gather together to Me My saints [those who have found grace in My sight], those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice. |
50:6 And the heavens declare His righteousness (rightness and justice), for God, He is judge. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! |
50:7 Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify to you {and} against you: I am God, your God. |
50:8 I do not reprove you for your sacrifices; your burnt offerings are continually before Me. |
50:9 I will accept no bull from your house nor he-goat out of your folds. |
50:10 For every beast of the forest is Mine, {and} the cattle upon a thousand hills {or} upon the mountains where thousands are. |
50:11 I know {and} am acquainted with all the birds of the mountains, and the wild animals of the field are Mine {and} are with Me, in My mind. |
50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are Mine. |
50:13 Shall I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? |
50:14 Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High, |
50:15 And call on Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall honor {and} glorify Me. |
50:16 But to the wicked, God says: What right have you to recite My statutes or take My covenant {or} pledge on your lips, |
50:17 Seeing that you hate instruction {and} correction and cast My words behind you [discarding them]? |
50:18 When you see a thief, you associate with him, and you have taken part with adulterers. |
50:19 You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit. |
50:20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son. |
50:21 These things you have done and I kept silent; you thought I was once entirely like you. But [now] I will reprove you and put [the charge] in order before your eyes. |
50:22 Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. |
50:23 He who brings an offering of praise {and} thanksgiving honors {and} glorifies Me; and he who orders his way aright [who prepares the way that I may show him], to him I will demonstrate the salvation of God. |