Psa 50 | ABEn | STEP | A psalm to Asaph. The God of gods, the lord spoke, and called the earth from the east sun unto its descent.

Psalms 50

PSALM 50

The Earth is The LORD's

A psalm to Asaph.

1 The God of gods, the lord spoke, and called the earth from the east sun unto its descent. 2 From out of Zion is the attractiveness of his beauty. 3 God visibly shall come, our God, and he will not remain silent. A fire before him shall burn; and round about him [²gale ¹an exceeding]. 4 He shall call on the heaven upward, and the earth, to separate his people. 5 Gathered to him are his sacred ones, the ones ordaining his covenant with sacrifices. 6 And [³shall announce ¹the ²heavens] his righteousness; for God is judge. 7 Hear, O my people! and I will speak to you O Israel, and I will testify to you. The God, [²your God ¹I am]. 8 [²not ⁵over ⁶your sacrifices ¹I will ³reprove ⁴you]; for your whole burnt-offerings [³before ⁴me ¹are ²always]. 9 I will not take [²from ³your house ¹calves], nor [²from ³your flocks ¹winter yearlings]. 10 For [³mine ¹it is ²all] -- the wild beasts of the field, the cattle on the mountains, and oxen. 11 I know all the winged creatures of the heaven; and the beauty of the field [²with ³me ¹is]. 12 If I should hunger, in no way should I tell you, [⁵mine ¹for ⁴is ²the ³inhabitable world], and the fullness of it. 13 Shall I eat meats of bulls or [²blood ³of he-goats ¹drink]? 14 Sacrifice to God a sacrifice of praise! and render to the highest your vows! 15 And call upon me in the day of affliction! and I shall rescue you, and you shall glorify me. 16 But to the sinner God said, Why do you describe my ordinances, and take up my covenant through your mouth? 17 For you detested instruction, and cast out my words to the rear. 18 Since you viewed a thief, you ran together with him; and [³with ⁴the adulterer ²your portion ¹you established]. 19 Your mouth abounded with evil, and your tongue twisted with deceits. 20 In sitting down, [²against ³your brother ¹you spoke ill]; even [³against ⁴the ⁵son ⁶of your mother ¹to place ²an obstacle]. 21 These things you did, and I kept quiet. You undertook lawlessness, for you thought I will be likened to you. I will reprove you, and I will stand [²in front of ³your face ¹your sins]. 22 Perceive indeed these things, O ones forgetting God! lest at any time he should snatch you away, and in no way should there be one rescuing. 23 A sacrifice of praise shall glorify me, and there in the way I will show to him my deliverance.