Psalm 50–52

Psalm 50

A Psalm ^||of Asaph.

¹The ^amighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth

^bFrom the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

²Out of Zion, ^cthe perfection of beauty,

^dGod hath shined.

³Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence:

^eA fire shall devour before him,

And it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

^4fHe shall call to the heavens from above,

And to the earth, that he may judge his people.

⁵Gather ^gmy saints together unto me;

^hThose that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

⁶And ⁱthe heavens shall declare his righteousness:

For ^jGod is judge himself. Selah.

^7kHear, O my people, and I will speak;

O Israel, and ^kI will testify against thee:

^lI am God, even thy God.

^8mI will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices

Or thy burnt offerings, to have been ^mmcontinually before me.

⁹ⁿI will take no bullock out of thy house,

Nor he goats out of thy ^ofolds.

¹⁰For every beast of the forest is mine,

And the cattle upon a thousand hills.

¹¹I know all the fowls of the mountains:

And ^pthe wild beasts of the field are ^†mine.

¹²If I were hungry, I would not tell thee:

^qFor the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

¹³Will I eat the flesh of ^rbulls,

Or drink the blood of goats?

^14sOffer unto God ^tthanksgiving;

And ^upay thy vows unto the most High:

¹⁵And ^vcall upon me in the day of trouble:

^wI will deliver thee, and thou shalt ^xglorify me.

¹⁶But unto the wicked God saith,

^yWhat hast thou to do to declare my statutes,

Or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

^17zSeeing thou hatest instruction,

And ^acastest my words behind thee.

¹⁸When thou sawest a thief, then thou ^bconsentedst with him,

And ^†hast been partaker with adulterers.

^19†Thou givest thy mouth to evil,

And ^cthy tongue frameth deceit.

²⁰Thou sittest and ^dspeakest against thy brother;

Thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

²¹These things hast thou done, and ^eI kept silence;

^fThou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself:

But I will ^greprove thee, and ^hset them in order before thine eyes.

²²Now consider this, ye that ⁱforget God,

Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be ^knone to deliver.

^23lWhoso offereth praise ^xglorifieth me:

And to him ^†that ordereth his conversation aright

Will I shew the salvation of God.

Psalm 51

^*To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, ^*when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.

^1aHave mercy upon me, O God, ^aaccording to thy lovingkindness:

According unto the multitude of thy tender mercies ^bblot out my transgressions.

^2cWash me throughly from mine iniquity,

And cleanse me from my sin.

³For ^dI acknowledge my transgressions:

And my sin is ^eever before me.

^4fAgainst thee, thee only, have I sinned,

And done this evil ^gin thy sight:

^hThat thou mightest be justified when thou speakest,

And be clear when thou judgest.

⁵Behold, ⁱI was shapen in iniquity;

And in sin did my mother ^†conceive me.

⁶Behold, thou desirest truth ^jin the inward parts:

And in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

^7kPurge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:

^cWash me, and ^lI shall be whiter than snow.

⁸Make me to hear joy and gladness;

That ^mthe bones which thou hast ⁿbroken may rejoice.

^9oHide thy face from my sins,

And ^bblot out all mine iniquities.

¹⁰Create in me ^pa clean heart, O God;

And ^qrenew ^||a ^rright spirit within me.

^11sCast me not away ^tfrom thy presence;

And take not ^uthy holy spirit from me.

¹²Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;

And uphold me with thy ^wfree spirit.

¹³Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;

And sinners shall be ^xconverted unto thee.

¹⁴Deliver me from ^†ybloodguiltiness, O God, thou ^zGod of my salvation:

And ^amy tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

¹⁵O Lord, open thou my lips;

And my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

¹⁶For thou ^bdesirest not sacrifice; ^||else would I give it:

Thou delightest not in burnt offering.

¹⁷The sacrifices of God are a ^cbroken spirit:

A ^cbroken and a ^dcontrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

^18eDo good in thy good pleasure unto Zion:

^fBuild thou the walls of Jerusalem.

¹⁹Then shalt thou be ^bpleased with ^gthe sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and ^hwhole burnt offering:

Then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

Psalm 52

To the chief Musician, ^*Maschil, A Psalm of David, when ^†Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.

¹Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O ^amighty man?

The goodness of God endureth continually.

^2bThy tongue deviseth ^cmischiefs;

^dLike a sharp rasor, ^ddworking deceitfully.

³Thou lovest evil more than good;

And lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

⁴Thou lovest all devouring words,

^||O thou deceitful tongue.

⁵God shall likewise ^†destroy thee for ever,

He shall take thee away, and ^epluck thee out of thy dwelling place,

And root thee out of ^fthe land of the living. Selah.

⁶The righteous also shall ^gsee, and ^gfear,

And ^hshall laugh at him:

⁷Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength;

But ⁱtrusted in the abundance of his riches,

And strengthened himself in his ^||cwickedness.

⁸But I am like ^ka green olive tree in the house of God:

I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

⁹I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it:

And I will wait on thy name; ^lfor it is good before ^mthy saints.