Psalms 50
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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
God as Judge
A psalm of Asaph.#1Ch 16:5,7
1The Mighty One, God,#50:1 Or The God of gods the Lord, speaks;
he summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to its setting.#Jos 22:22; Ps 113:3
2From Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God appears in radiance.#50:2 Or God shines forth#Dt 33:2; Ps 48:2; Lm 2:15
3Our God is coming; he will not be silent!
Devouring fire precedes him,
and a storm rages around him.#Ps 18:12–13; 97:3
4On high, he summons heaven and earth
in order to judge his people:#Dt 4:26; 31:28; 32:1; Is 1:2
5“Gather my faithful ones to me,
those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”#Ex 24:4–8; 2Ch 6:11
6The heavens proclaim his righteousness,#Ps 89:5; 97:6
for God is the Judge.#Ps 75:7; 96:13Selah
7“Listen, my people, and I will speak;
I will testify against you, Israel.
I am God, your God.#Dt 31:21; Ps 81:8
8I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices
or for your burnt offerings,
which are continually before me.#1Sm 15:22; Ps 40:6; 51:16
9I will not take a bull from your household
or male goats from your pens,#Ps 69:31
10for every animal of the forest is mine,
the cattle on a thousand hills.
11I know every bird of the mountains,
and the creatures of the field are mine.#Ex 19:5; Ps 104:24
12If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world and everything in it is mine.#Dt 10:14; Ps 24:1; 1Co 10:26
13Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?#Is 1:11
14Offer a thanksgiving sacrifice to God,#Lv 7:12; Ps 107:22; 116:17
and pay your vows to the Most High.#Dt 23:21; Ps 76:11
15Call on me in a day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you will honor me.”#Ps 20:1; 59:16; 77:2
16But God says to the wicked:
“What right do you have to recite my statutes
and to take my covenant on your lips?#Is 29:13
17You hate instruction
and fling my words behind you.#Pr 5:12; 12:1
18When you see a thief,
you make friends with him,
and you associate with adulterers.#Rm 1:32; 1Tm 5:22
19You unleash your mouth for evil
and harness your tongue for deceit.#Ps 10:7; 36:3; 52:2
20You sit, maligning your brother,
slandering your mother’s son.#Jb 19:18; Mt 10:21
21You have done these things, and I kept silent;
you thought I was just like you.#Is 42:14; 57:11
But I will rebuke you
and lay out the case before you.#50:21 Lit lay it out before your eyes#Ps 90:8
22“Understand this, you who forget God,
or I will tear you apart,
and there will be no one to rescue you.#Jb 8:13; Ps 9:17
23Whoever offers a thanksgiving sacrifice honors me,
and whoever orders his conduct,
I will show him the salvation of God.”#Ps 85:13; 91:16; Gl 6:16
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