50:1 A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
50:1 A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty one, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.

50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.
50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.

50:3 Our God comes, he does not keep silence, before him is a devouring fire, round about him a mighty tempest.
50:3 Our God comes and does not keep silence, before him is a devouring fire, and a mighty tempest all around him.

50:4 He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
50:4 He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people:

50:5 "Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!"
50:5 "Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!"

50:6 The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! [Selah]
50:6 The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah

50:7 "Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
50:7 "Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.

50:8 I do not reprove you for your sacrifices; your burnt offerings are continually before me.
50:8 Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me.

50:9 I will accept no bull from your house, nor he-goat from your folds.
50:9 I will not accept a bull from your house, or goats from your folds.

50:10 For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
50:10 For every wild animal of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.

50:11 I know all the birds of the air, and all that moves in the field is mine.
50:11 I know all the birds of the air, and all that moves in the field is mine.

50:12 "If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world and all that is in it is mine.
50:12 "If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all that is in it is mine.

50:13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
50:13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

50:14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High;
50:14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High.

50:15 and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me."
50:15 Call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me."

50:16 But to the wicked God says: "What right have you to recite my statutes, or take my covenant on your lips?
50:16 But to the wicked God says: "What right have you to recite my statutes, or take my covenant on your lips?

50:17 For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.
50:17 For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.

50:18 If you see a thief, you are a friend of his; and you keep company with adulterers.
50:18 You make friends with a thief when you see one, and you keep company with adulterers.

50:19 "You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
50:19 "You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

50:20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
50:20 You sit and speak against your kin; you slander your own mother's child.

50:21 These things you have done and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you, and lay the charge before you.
50:21 These things you have done and I have been silent; you thought that I was one just like yourself. But now I rebuke you, and lay the charge before you.

50:22 "Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I rend, and there be none to deliver!
50:22 "Mark this, then, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart, and there will be no one to deliver.

50:23 He who brings thanksgiving as his sacrifice honors me; to him who orders his way aright I will show the salvation of God!"
50:23 Those who bring thanksgiving as their sacrifice honor me; to those who go the right way I will show the salvation of God."