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Psalms 50

World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible

50:1
The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks,
A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
50:2
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
50:3
Our God comes, and does not keep silent.
Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
50:4
He calls to the heavens above,
He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
50:5
“Gather my saints together to me,
“Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
50:6
The heavens shall declare his righteousness,
And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge (note: Or He is a God of justice). Selah
50:7
“Hear, my people, and I will speak.
“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
50:8
I don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices.
I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
50:9
I have no need for a bull from your stall,
I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
50:10
For every animal of the forest is mine,
for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills.
50:11
I know all the birds of the mountains.
I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
50:12
If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
50:13
Will I eat the meat of bulls,
Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
50:14
Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving.
Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
50:15
Call on me in the day of trouble.
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
50:16
But to the wicked God says,
To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
50:17
since you hate instruction,
For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
50:18
When you saw a thief, you consented with him,
When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
50:19
“You give your mouth to evil.
You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.
50:20
You sit and speak against your brother.
You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
50:21
You have done these things, and I kept silent.
You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face (note: Literally and I set it in order before your eyes).
50:22
“Now consider this, you who forget God,
Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
50:23
Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me,
He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rightly orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.”