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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An Oracle Concerning Sacrifices
A psalm of Asaph.#The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm
1The Supreme God, God, Yahweh, has spoken
and summoned the earth,
from the rising of the sun
to its setting.
2From Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God shines forth.
3Our God comes and he is not silent.
Before him fire devours,
and around him it is very tempestuous.
4He summons the heavens above
and the earth that he might judge his people:
5“Gather to me my loyal ones,
those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
6And the heavens declare his righteousness,
because God himself is judge. Selah
7“Hear, O my people, and I will speak,
O Israel, and I will testify against you.
I am God, your God.
8It is not concerning a lack of your sacrifices that I rebuke you,
and your burnt offerings are before me continually.
9I will not take from your house a bull
or from your stalls a he-goat,
10because every animal of the forest is mine,
the cattle on a thousand hills.
11I know every bird of the mountains,
and every moving creature in the field is mine.
12If I were hungry I would not tell you,
because the world and its fullness are mine.
13Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?
14Offer to God a thank offering
and pay your vows to the Most High.
15And call me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you will glorify me.”
16But to the wicked God says,
“What right have you to recite my statutes
and mention my covenant with your mouth,#Literally “take my covenant on your mouth”
17while you yourself hate discipline,
and cast my words behind you?
18When you see a thief, then you are pleased with him,
and your association is with adulterers.
19You give your mouth free rein for evil,
and you harness your tongue to deceit.
20You sit and speak against your brother;
you slander your mother’s son.
21These things you have done, and I have been silent;
You imagined that I was just like you.
I will rebuke you and present an argument before your eyes.
22Now consider this, you who forget God,
lest I tear you apart, and there will be none to deliver.
23He who sacrifices a thank offering honors me,
and he who orders his way;
I will show him the salvation of God.”
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