Psalm 50:title–23

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.”