Psalms 50
50
PSALM 50
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Meter: 6,6,8,6
A Psalm of Asaph.
1The mighty God, the Lord,
hath spoken, and did call
The earth, from rising of the sun,
to where he hath his fall.
2From out of Sion hill,
which of excellency
And beauty the perfection is,
God shined gloriously.
3Our God shall surely come,
keep silence shall not he:
Before him fire shall waste, great storms
shall round about him be.
4Unto the heavens clear
he from above shall call,
And to the earth likewise, that he
may judge his people all.
5Together let my saints
unto me gather'd be,
Those that by sacrifice have made
a covenant with me.
6And then the heavens shall
his righteousness declare:
Because the Lord himself is he
by whom men judged are.
7My people Isr'el hear,
speak will I from on high,
Against thee I will testify;
God, ev'n thy God, am I.
8I for thy sacrifice
no blame will on thee lay,
Nor for burnt-off 'rings, which to me
thou offer'dst ev'ry day.
9I'll take no calf nor goats
from house or fold of thine:
10For beasts of forests, cattle all
on thousand hills, are mine.
11The fowls on mountains high
are all to me well known;
Wild beasts which in the fields do lie,
ev'n they are all mine own.
12Then, if I hungry were,
I would not tell it thee;
Because the world, and fulness all
thereof, belongs to me.
13Will I eat flesh of bulls?
or goats' blood drink will I?
14Thanks offer thou to God, and pay
thy vows to the most High.
15And call upon me when
in trouble thou shalt be;
I will deliver thee, and thou
my name shalt glorify.
16But to the wicked man
God saith, My laws and truth
Should'st thou declare? how dar'st thou take
my cov'nant in thy mouth?
17Sith thou instruction hat'st,
which should thy ways direct;
And sith my words behind thy back
thou cast'st, and dost reject.
18When thou a thief didst see,
with him thou didst consent;
And with the vile adulterers
partaker on thou went.
19Thou giv'st thy mouth to ill,
thy tongue deceit doth frame;
20Thou sitt'st, and 'gainst thy brother speak'st,
thy mother's son dost shame.
21Because I silence kept,
while thou these things hast wrought;
That I was altogether like
thyself, hath been thy thought;
Yet I will thee reprove,
and set before thine eyes,
In order ranked, thy misdeeds
and thine iniquities.
22Now, ye that God forget,
this carefully consider;
Lest I in pieces tear you all,
and none can you deliver.
23Whoso doth offer praise
me glorifies; and I
Will shew him God's salvation,
that orders right his way.
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Psalms 50
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Psalm 50
A psalm of Asaph.
1From the rising of the sun to where it sets,
God, the LORD God, speaks,
calling out to the earth.
2From Zion, perfect in beauty,
God shines brightly.
3Our God is coming;
he won’t keep quiet.
A devouring fire is before him;
a storm rages all around him.
4God calls out to the skies above
and to the earth in order to judge his people:
5“Bring my faithful to me,
those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
6The skies proclaim his righteousness
because God himself is the judge. Selah
7“Listen, my people, I will now speak;
Israel, I will now testify against you.
I am God—your God!
8I’m not punishing you for your sacrifices
or for your entirely burned offerings,
which are always before me.
9I won’t accept bulls from your house
or goats from your corrals
10because every forest animal already belongs to me,
as do the cattle on a thousand hills.
11I know every mountain bird;
even the insects in the fields are mine.
12Even if I were hungry, I wouldn’t tell you
because the whole world and everything in it already belong to me.
13Do I eat bulls’ meat?
Do I drink goats’ blood?
14Offer God a sacrifice of thanksgiving!
Fulfill the promises you made to the Most High!
15Cry out to me whenever you are in trouble;
I will deliver you, then you will honor me.”
16But to the wicked God says,
“Why do you talk about my laws?
Why do you even mention my covenant?
17You hate discipline, and
you toss my words behind your back.
18You make friends with thieves whenever you see one;
you spend your time with adulterers.
19You set your mouth free to do evil,
then harness your tongue to tell lies.
20You sit around, talking about your own siblings;
you find fault with the children of your very own mother.
21You’ve done these things and I’ve kept quiet.
You thought I was just like you!
But now I’m punishing you;
I’m laying it all out, right in front of your face.
22So consider this carefully, all you who forget God,
or I’ll rip you to pieces with no one to deliver you:
23The one who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving is the one who honors me.
And it is to the one who charts the correct path that I will show divine salvation.”
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