Psalm 50
50
God Is the Judge
A Psalm of Asaph.
1The mighty God, even the Lord,
hath spoken, and called the earth
from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God hath shined.
3Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence:
a fire shall devour before him,
and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
4He shall call to the heavens from above,
and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
5Gather my saints together unto me;
those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness:
for God is judge himself. Selah.
7Hear, O my people, and I will speak;
O Israel, and I will testify against thee:
I am God, even thy God.
8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices
or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
9I will take no bullock out of thy house,
nor he goats out of thy folds:
10for every beast of the forest is mine,
and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11I know all the fowls of the mountains:
and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee:
for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
13Will I eat the flesh of bulls,
or drink the blood of goats?
14Offer unto God thanksgiving;
and pay thy vows unto the Most High:
15and call upon me in the day of trouble:
I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16But unto the wicked God saith,
What hast thou to do to declare my statutes,
or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
17seeing thou hatest instruction,
and castest my words behind thee.
18When thou sawest a thief,
then thou consentedst with him,
and hast been partaker with adulterers.
19Thou givest thy mouth to evil,
and thy tongue frameth deceit.
20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother;
thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence;
thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself:
but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
22Now consider this, ye that forget God,
lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
23Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me:
and to him that ordereth his conversation aright
will I show the salvation of God.
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King James Version 1611, spelling, punctuation and text formatting modernized by ABS in 1962; typesetting © 2010 American Bible Society.
Psalms 50
50
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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