50:1 A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, God, the LORD, has spoken and called the earth from the rising of the sun to its going down. |
50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined forth. |
50:3 Our God shall come, and He shall not keep silent; a fire shall devour before Him, and it shall be very tempestuous all around Him. |
50:4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, so that He may judge His people: |
50:5 "Gather My saints unto Me, those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice." |
50:6 And the heavens shall declare His righteousness, for God Himself is judge. Selah. |
50:7 "Hear, My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you; I am God, even your God. |
50:8 I will not reprove you for your sacrifices, or your burnt offerings which are continually before Me. |
50:9 I will take no bull out of your house, nor he-goats out of your folds, |
50:10 For every beast of the forest is Mine and the livestock upon a thousand hills. |
50:11 I know all the birds of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are Mine. |
50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and all the fullness of it. |
50:13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? |
50:14 Offer to God thanksgiving; and pay your vows to the Most High; |
50:15 And call upon Me in the day of trouble; and I will deliver you, and you shall honor Me." |
50:16 But to the wicked God says, "What right have you to declare My statutes, and to take up My covenant in your mouth? |
50:17 Yea, you hate to be taught, and you cast My words behind you. |
50:18 When you saw a thief, then you were pleased to be 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; you speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son. |
50:21 These things you have done, and I have kept silence; you thought that I was like yourself, but I will rebuke you, and set them 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 Whoever offers praise glorifies Me; and he who sets his conduct aright, I will show him the salvation of God." |