Psalms 50

God, the Judge of the Righteous and the Wicked.

A Psalm of ▼

▼1 Chr 15:17; 2 Chr 29:30

Asaph.

1 ^bThe Mighty One, God, the Lord, has spoken
And summoned the earth, ^cfrom ▼

▼I.e., the east to the west

the rising of the sun to its setting.
2 Out of Zion, ^ethe perfection of beauty,
God ^fhas shone.
3 May our God ^gcome and not keep silent;
^hFire devours before Him,
And a storm is violently ⁱraging around Him.
4 He ^jsummons the heavens above,
And the earth, to judge His people:
5 “Gather My ^kgodly ones to Me,
Those who have made a ^lcovenant with Me by ^msacrifice.”
6 And the ⁿheavens declare His righteousness,
For ^oGod Himself is judge. Selah

7 “ ^pHear, My people, and I will speak;
Israel, I will testify ▼

▼Or to

against you;
I am God, ^ryour God.
8 “I do ^snot rebuke you for your sacrifices,
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
9 “I will not take a ^tbull from your house,
Nor male goats from your folds.
10 “For ^uevery animal of the forest is Mine,
The cattle on a thousand hills.
11 “I know every ^vbird of the mountains,
And everything that moves in the field is ▼

▼Or in My mind; lit with Me

Mine.
12 “If I were hungry I would not tell you,
For the ^xworld is Mine, and ▼

▼Lit its fullness

everything it contains.
13 “Shall I eat the flesh of ▼

▼Lit strong ones

, ^aabulls
Or drink the blood of male goats?
14 “Offer God ^aba sacrifice of thanksgiving
And ^acpay your vows to the Most High;
15 ^adCall upon Me on the day of trouble;
I will ^aerescue you, and you will ^afhonor Me.”

16 But to the wicked God says,
“What right do you have to tell of My statutes
And to take ^agMy covenant in your mouth?
17 “For you yourself ^ahhate discipline,
And you ^aithrow My words behind you.
18 “When you see a thief, you ^ajbecome friends with him,
And ▼

▼Lit your part is with

you ^alassociate with adulterers.
19 “You ▼

▼Lit send

, ^anlet your mouth loose in evil,
And your ^aotongue harnesses deceit.
20 “You sit and ^apspeak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.
21 “These things you have done and ^aqI kept silent;
You thought that I was just like you;
I will ^arrebuke you and present the case before your eyes.

22 “Now consider this, you who ^asforget God,
Or I will ^attear you in pieces, and there will be no one to save you.
23 “He who ^auoffers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me;
And to him who ^avsets his way properly
I will ^awshow the salvation of God.”