50:1 The Mighty One, God, the LORD, has spoken, and summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. |
50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone forth. |
50:3 May our God come and not keep silence; Fire devours before Him, And it looks very tempestuous around Him. |
50:4 He summons the heavens above, and the earth, to judge His people: |
50:5 "Gather My godly ones to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice." |
50:6 And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself judges. Selah. |
50:7 " Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you; I exist as God, your God. |
50:8 "I do not reprove you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings you continually place before Me. |
50:9 "I shall take no young bull out of your house nor male goats out of your folds. |
50:10 "For every beast of the forest belongs to Me, The cattle on a thousand hills. |
50:11 "I know every bird of the mountains, and everything that moves in the field belongs to Me. |
50:12 "If I hungered I would not tell you, For the world belongs to Me, and all it contains. |
50:13 "Shall I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of male goats? |
50:14 "Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving and pay your vows to the Most High; |
50:15 Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me." |
50:16 But to the wicked God says, "What right have you to tell of My statutes And to take My covenant in your mouth? |
50:17 "For you hate discipline, and you cast My words behind you. |
50:18 "When you see a thief, you enjoy serving as his companion, and you associate with adulterers. |
50:19 "You let your mouth loose in 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 silence; You thought that I acted just like you; I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes. |
50:22 "Now consider this, you who forget God, Or I will tear you in pieces, and no one will deliver you. |
50:23 "He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; and to him who orders his way aright I shall show the salvation of God." |