50:1 [A Psalm of ①Asaph.]
The Mighty One, God, the LORD, has spoken
And summoned the earth, from ②the rising of the sun to its setting.
▷ ①1 Chr 15:17; 2 Chr 29:30 ②I.e., the east to the west
50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God has shone.
50:3 May our God come and not keep silent;
Fire devours before Him,
And a storm is violently raging around Him.
50:4 He summons the heavens above,
And the earth, to judge His people:
50:5 “Gather My godly ones to Me,
Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
50:6 And the heavens declare His righteousness,
For God Himself is judge. Selah
50:7 “Hear, My people, and I will speak;
Israel, I will testify ①against you;
I am God, your God.
▷ ①Or to
50:8 I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices,
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
50:9 I will not take a bull from your house,
Nor male goats from your folds.
50:10 For every animal of the forest is Mine,
The cattle on a thousand hills.
50:11 I know every bird of the mountains,
And everything that moves in the field is ①Mine.
▷ ①Or in My mind; lit with Me
50:12 If I were hungry I would not tell you,
For the world is Mine, and ①everything it contains.
▷ ①Lit its fullness
50:13 Shall I eat the flesh of ①bulls
Or drink the blood of male goats?
▷ ①Lit strong ones
50:14 Offer God a sacrifice of thanksgiving
And pay your vows to the Most High;
50:15 Call upon Me on the day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you will honor Me.”
50:16 But to the wicked God says,
“What right do you have to tell of My statutes
And to take My covenant in your mouth?
50:17 For you yourself hate discipline,
And you throw My words behind you.
50:18 When you see a thief, you become friends with him,
And ①you associate with adulterers.
▷ ①Lit your part is with
50:19 You ①let your mouth loose in evil,
And your tongue harnesses deceit.
▷ ①Lit send
50:20 You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.
50:21 These things you have done and I kept silent;
You thought that I was just like you;
I will rebuke you and present the case before your eyes.
50:22 “Now consider this, you who forget God,
Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to save you.
50:23 He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me;
And to him who sets his way properly
I will show the salvation of God.”