1 PSALM 50 God the Judge of the Righteous and the Wicked. A Psalm of Asaph The mighty One, God, the L, has spoken,And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting [from east to west].
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,God has shone forth.
3 May our God come and not keep silent;Fire devours before Him,And around Him a mighty tempest rages.
4 He summons the heavens above,And the earth, to judge His people:
5 “Gather My godly ones to Me,Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
6 And the heavens declare His righteousness,For God Himself is judge. Selah.
7 “Hear, O My people, and I will speak;O Israel, I will testify against you:I am God, your God.
8 I do not reprove you for your sacrifices;Your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
9 I will accept no young bull from your houseNor male goat from your folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is Mine,And the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know every bird of the mountains,And everything that moves in the field isOr in my mind; lit with Me.Mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you,For the world and all it contains are Mine.
13 Shall I eat the flesh of bullsOr drink the blood of male goats?
14 Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgivingAnd pay your vows to the Most High;
15 Call on Me in the day of trouble;I will rescue you, and you shall honorandglorify Me.”
16 But to the wicked God says:“What right have you to recite My statutesOr to take My covenant on your lips?
17 For you hate instructionanddisciplineAnd cast My words behind you [discarding them].
18 When you see a thief, you are pleased with himandcondone his behavior,And you associate with adulterers.
19 You give your mouth to evilAnd your tongue frames deceit.
20 You sit and speak against your brother;You slander your own mother’s son.
21 These things you have done and I kept silent;You thought that I was just like you.Now I will reprimandanddenounce you and statethe casein order before your eyes.
22 “Now consider this, you who forget God,Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to rescue [you].
23 He who offers a sacrifice of praiseandthanksgiving honors Me;And to him who orders his way rightly [who follows the way that I show him],I shall show the salvation of God.”