【Psalms】Psalm 50 << Last Chapter Next Chapter >>

50:1 A psalm of Asaph. I The LORD, the God of gods, has spoken and summoned theearth from the rising of the sun to its setting.

50:2 From Zion God shines forth. perfect in beauty.

50:3 Our God comes and will not be silent! Devouring fire precedes, stormingfiercely round about.

50:4 God summons the heavens above and the earth to the judgment of his people:

50:5 "Gather my faithful ones before me, those who made a covenant with me bysacrifice."

50:6 The heavens proclaim divine justice, for God alone is the judge. SelahII

50:7 "Listen, my people, I will speak; Israel, I will testify against you; God,your God, am I.

50:8 Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you, nor for your holocausts, set beforeme daily.

50:9 I need no bullock from your house, no goats from your fold.

50:10 For every animal of the forest is mine, beasts by the thousands on mymountains.

50:11 I know every bird of the heavens; the creatures of the field belong to me.

50:12 Were I hungry, I would not tell you, for mine is the world and all thatfills it.

50:13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?

50:14 Offer praise as your sacrifice to God; fulfill your vows to the Most High.

50:15 Then call on me in time of distress; I will rescue you, and you shall honorme."III

50:16 But to the wicked God says: "Why do you recite my commandments and profess mycovenant with your lips?

50:17 You hate discipline; you cast my words behind you!

50:18 When you see thieves, you befriend them; with adulterers you throw in yourlot.

50:19 You give your mouth free rein for evil; you harness your tongue to deceit.

50:20 You sit maligning your own kin, slandering the child of your own mother.

50:21 When you do these things should I be silent? Or do you think that I am likeyou? I accuse you, I lay the charge before you.IV

50:22 "Understand this, you who forget God, lest I attack you with no one torescue.

50:23 Those who offer praise as a sacrifice honor me; to the obedient I will showthe salvation of God."

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