Psalm 50:1–15

1 The Supreme God, God, Yahweh, has spoken

and summoned the earth,

from the rising of the sun

to its setting.

2 From Zion, the perfection of beauty,

God shines forth.

3 Our God comes and he is not silent.

Before him fire devours,

and around him it is very tempestuous.

4 He summons the heavens above

and the earth that he might judge his people:

5 “Gather to me my loyal ones,

those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”

6 And the heavens declare his righteousness,

because God himself is judge. Selah

7 “Hear, O my people, and I will speak,

O Israel, and I will testify against you.

I am God, your God.

8 It is not concerning a lack of your sacrifices that I rebuke you,

and your burnt offerings are before me continually.

9 I will not take from your house a bull

or from your stalls a he-goat,

10 because every animal of the forest is mine,

the cattle on a thousand hills.

11 I know every bird of the mountains,

and every moving creature in the field is mine.

12 If I were hungry I would not tell you,

because the world and its fullness are mine.

13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls

or drink the blood of goats?

14 Offer to God a thank offering

and pay your vows to the Most High.

15 And call me in the day of trouble;

I will deliver you, and you will glorify me.”