A Psalm for Asaph. 50:1 The God of gods,
the Lord, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to the
going down [thereof].
50:2 Out of Sion [comes] the excellence of his beauty.
50:3 God, our God, shall come manifestly, and shall not keep silence: a fire
shall be kindled before him, and round about him there shall be a very great
tempest.
50:4 He shall summon the heaven above, and the earth, that he may judge his
people.
50:5 Assemble ye his saints to him, those that have engaged in a covenant
with him upon sacrifices.
50:6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge.
Pause.
50:7 Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel: and I will testify
to thee: I am God, thy God.
50:8 I will not reprove thee on account of thy sacrifices; for thy
whole-burnt-offerings are before me continually.
50:9 I will take no bullocks out of thine house, nor he-goats out of thy
flocks.
50:10 For all the wild beasts of the thicket are mine, the cattle on the
mountains, and oxen.
50:11 I know all the birds of the sky; and the beauty of the field is mine.
50:12 If I should be hungry, I will not tell thee: for the world is mine,
and the fullness of it.
50:13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
50:14 Offer to God the sacrifice of praise; and pay thy vows to the Most
High.
50:15 And call upon me in the day of affliction; and I will deliver thee,
and thou shalt glorify me. Pause.
50:16 But to the sinner God has said, Why dost thou declare my ordinances,
and take up my covenant in thy mouth?
50:17 Whereas thou hast hated instruction, and hast cast my words behind
[thee].
50:18 If thou sawest a thief, thou rannest along with him, and hast cast in
thy lot with adulterers.
50:19 Thy mouth has multiplied wickedness, and thy tongue has framed deceit.
50:20 Thou didst sit and speak against thy brother, and didst scandalize thy
mother's son.
50:21 These things thou didst, and I kept silence: thou thoughtest wickedly
that I should be like thee, [but] I will reprove thee, and set [thine
offences] before thee.
50:22 Now consider these things, ye that forget God, lest he rend [you], and
there is no deliverer.
50:23 The sacrifice of praise will glorify me: and that is the way wherein I
will shew to him the salvation of God. |
A Psalm of Asaph. 50:1 The mighty God,
even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun
unto the going down thereof.
50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
50:3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour
before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
50:4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may
judge his people.
50:5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with
me by sacrifice.
50:6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge
himself. Selah.
50:7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify
against thee: I am God, even thy God.
50:8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to
have been continually before me.
50:9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
50:10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand
hills.
50:11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the
field are mine.
50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and
the fulness thereof.
50:13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou
shalt glorify me.
50:16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my
statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
50:17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.
50:18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast
been partaker with adulterers.
50:19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
50:20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine
own mother's son.
50:21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that
I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set
them in order before thine eyes.
50:22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and
there be none to deliver.
50:23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his
conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God. |