Psalm 50–52

Psalm 50

A Psalm of Asaph.

¹The ^aMighty One, God the Lord,

Has spoken and called the earth

From the rising of the sun to its going down.

²Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,

^bGod will shine forth.

³Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent;

^cA fire shall devour before Him,

And it shall be very tempestuous all around Him.

^4dHe shall call to the heavens from above,

And to the earth, that He may judge His people:

⁵“Gather ^eMy saints together to Me,

^fThose who have ¹made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

⁶Let the ^gheavens declare His righteousness,

For ^hGod Himself is Judge.

Selah

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

O Israel, and I will testify against you;

ⁱI am God, your God!

^8jI will not ²rebuke you ^kfor your sacrifices

Or your burnt offerings,

Which are continually before Me.

^9lI will not take a bull from your house,

Nor goats out of your folds.

¹⁰For every beast of the forest is Mine,

And the cattle on a thousand hills.

¹¹I know all the birds of the mountains,

And the wild beasts of the field are Mine.

¹²“If I were hungry, I would not tell you;

^mFor the world is Mine, and all its fullness.

¹³ⁿWill I eat the flesh of bulls,

Or drink the blood of goats?

^14oOffer to God thanksgiving,

And ^ppay your vows to the Most High.

^15qCall upon Me in the day of trouble;

I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”

¹⁶But to the wicked God says:

“What right have you to declare My statutes,

Or take My covenant in your mouth,

^17rSeeing you hate instruction

And cast My words behind you?

¹⁸When you saw a thief, you ^sconsented ³with him,

And have been a ^tpartaker with adulterers.

¹⁹You give your mouth to evil,

And ^uyour tongue frames deceit.

²⁰You sit and speak against your brother;

You slander your own mother’s son.

²¹These things you have done, and I kept silent;

^vYou thought that I was altogether like you;

But I will rebuke you,

And ^wset them in order before your eyes.

²²“Now consider this, you who ^xforget God,

Lest I tear you in pieces,

And there be none to deliver:

²³Whoever offers praise glorifies Me;

And ^yto him who orders his conduct aright

I will show the salvation of God.”

Psalm 51

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David When Nathan the Prophet Went to Him, After He Had Gone in to Bathsheba.

¹Have mercy upon me, O God,

According to Your lovingkindness;

According to the multitude of Your tender mercies,

^bBlot out my transgressions.

^2cWash me thoroughly from my iniquity,

And cleanse me from my sin.

³For I acknowledge my transgressions,

And my sin is always before me.

^4dAgainst You, You only, have I sinned,

And done this evil ^ein Your sight—

^fThat You may be found just ¹when You speak,

And blameless when You judge.

^5gBehold, I was brought forth in iniquity,

And in sin my mother conceived me.

⁶Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts,

And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom.

^7hPurge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;

Wash me, and I shall be ⁱwhiter than snow.

⁸Make me hear joy and gladness,

That the bones You have broken ^jmay rejoice.

⁹Hide Your face from my sins,

And blot out all my iniquities.

^10kCreate in me a clean heart, O God,

And renew a steadfast spirit within me.

¹¹Do not cast me away from Your presence,

And do not take Your ^lHoly Spirit from me.

¹²Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,

And uphold me by Your ^mgenerous Spirit.

¹³Then I will teach transgressors Your ways,

And sinners shall be converted to You.

¹⁴Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,

The God of my salvation,

And my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness.

¹⁵O Lord, open my lips,

And my mouth shall show forth Your praise.

¹⁶For ⁿYou do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it;

You do not delight in burnt offering.

^17oThe sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,

A broken and a contrite heart—

These, O God, You will not despise.

¹⁸Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion;

Build the walls of Jerusalem.

¹⁹Then You shall be pleased with ^pthe sacrifices of righteousness,

With burnt offering and whole burnt offering;

Then they shall offer bulls on Your altar.

Psalm 52

To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation of David When Doeg the Edomite Went and Told Saul, and Said to Him, “David Has Gone to the House of Ahimelech.”

¹Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?

The goodness of God endures continually.

²Your tongue devises destruction,

Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

³You love evil more than good,

Lying rather than speaking righteousness.

Selah

⁴You love all devouring words,

You deceitful tongue.

⁵God shall likewise destroy you forever;

He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place,

And uproot you from the land of the living.

Selah

⁶The righteous also shall see and fear,

And shall laugh at him, saying,

⁷“Here is the man who did not make God his strength,

But trusted in the abundance of his riches,

And strengthened himself in his ²wickedness.”

⁸But I am ^clike a green olive tree in the house of God;

I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.

⁹I will praise You forever,

Because You have done it;

And in the presence of Your saints

I will wait on Your name, for it ³is good.