Psalm 50

New American Standard Bible

God, the Judge of the Righteous and the Wicked.

A Psalm of ^[a]Asaph.

50 ^(A)The Mighty One, God, the Lord, has spoken
And summoned the earth, ^(B)from ^[b]the rising of the sun to its setting.
²Out of Zion, ^(C)the perfection of beauty,
God ^(D)has shone.
³May our God ^(E)come and not keep silent;
^(F)Fire devours before Him,
And a storm is violently ^(G)raging around Him.
⁴He ^(H)summons the heavens above,
And the earth, to judge His people:
⁵“Gather My ^(I)godly ones to Me,
Those who have made a ^(J)covenant with Me by ^(K)sacrifice.”
⁶And the ^(L)heavens declare His righteousness,
For ^(M)God Himself is judge. Selah

⁷“^(N)Hear, My people, and I will speak;
Israel, I will testify ^[c]against you;
I am God, ^(O)your God.
⁸I do ^(P)not rebuke you for your sacrifices,
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
⁹I will not take a ^(Q)bull from your house,
Nor male goats from your folds.
¹⁰For ^(R)every animal of the forest is Mine,
The cattle on a thousand hills.
¹¹I know every ^(S)bird of the mountains,
And everything that moves in the field is ^[d]Mine.
¹²If I were hungry I would not tell you,
For the ^(T)world is Mine, and ^[e]everything it contains.
¹³Shall I eat the flesh of ^[f]^(U)bulls
Or drink the blood of male goats?
¹⁴Offer God ^(V)a sacrifice of thanksgiving
And ^(W)pay your vows to the Most High;
¹⁵^(X)Call upon Me on the day of trouble;
I will ^(Y)rescue you, and you will ^(Z)honor Me.”

¹⁶But to the wicked God says,
“What right do you have to tell of My statutes
And to take ^(AA)My covenant in your mouth?
¹⁷For you yourself ^(AB)hate discipline,
And you ^(AC)throw My words behind you.
¹⁸When you see a thief, you ^(AD)become friends with him,
And ^[g]you ^(AE)associate with adulterers.
¹⁹You ^[h]^(AF)let your mouth loose in evil,
And your ^(AG)tongue harnesses deceit.
²⁰You sit and ^(AH)speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.
²¹These things you have done and ^(AI)I kept silent;
You thought that I was just like you;
I will ^(AJ)rebuke you and present the case before your eyes.

²²“Now consider this, you who ^(AK)forget God,
Or I will ^(AL)tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to save you.
²³He who ^(AM)offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me;
And to him who ^(AN)sets his way properly
I will ^(AO)show the salvation of God.”

Footnotes

Psalm 50 Title 1 Chr 15:17; 2 Chr 29:30
Psalm 50:1 I.e., the east to the west
Psalm 50:7 Or to
Psalm 50:11 Or in My mind; lit with Me
Psalm 50:12 Lit its fullness
Psalm 50:13 Lit strong ones
Psalm 50:18 Lit your part is with
Psalm 50:19 Lit send

Song of Solomon 1-4

New American Standard Bible

The Young Shulammite Bride and Jerusalem’s Daughters

1 The ^[a]Song of ^(A)Songs, which is Solomon’s.

^[b]The Bride

²“May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!
For your ^(B)love is ^[c]sweeter than wine.
³Your ^(C)oils have a pleasing fragrance,
Your ^(D)name is like ^[d]purified oil;
Therefore the ^[e]^(E)young women love you.
⁴Draw me after you and let’s run together!
The ^(F)king has brought me into his chambers.”

The Chorus

“We will rejoice in you and be joyful;
We will praise your ^(G)love more than wine.
Rightly do they love you.”

The Bride

⁵“I am black and ^(H)beautiful,
You ^(I)daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the ^(J)tents of ^(K)Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.
⁶Do not stare at me because I am ^[f]dark,
For the sun has tanned me.
My ^(L)mother’s sons were angry with me;
They made me ^(M)caretaker of the vineyards,
But I have not taken care of my own vineyard.
⁷Tell me, you ^(N)whom my soul loves,
Where do you ^(O)pasture your flock,
Where do you have it ^(P)lie down at noon?
For why should I be like one who ^[g]veils herself
Beside the flocks of your ^(Q)companions?”

Solomon, the Lover, Speaks

⁸“If you yourself do not know,
^(R)Most beautiful among women,
Go out on the trail of the flock,
And pasture your young goats
By the tents of the shepherds.

⁹“^[h]To me, ^(S)my darling, you are like
My ^(T)mare among the chariots of Pharaoh.
¹⁰Your ^(U)cheeks are delightful with jewelry,
Your neck with strings of ^(V)beads.”

The Chorus

¹¹“We will make for you jewelry of gold
With beads of silver.”

The Bride

¹²“While the king was at his table,
My ^[i]^(W)perfume gave forth its fragrance.
¹³My beloved is to me a pouch of ^(X)myrrh
Which lies all night between my breasts.
¹⁴My beloved is to me a cluster of ^(Y)henna blossoms
In the vineyards of ^(Z)Engedi.”

The Groom

¹⁵“^[j]^(AA)How beautiful you are, my darling,
^[k]How beautiful you are!
Your ^(AB)eyes are like doves.”

The Bride

¹⁶“^[l]How handsome you are, ^(AC)my beloved,
And so delightful!
Indeed, our bed is luxuriant!
¹⁷The beams of our house are ^(AD)cedars,
Our rafters, ^(AE)junipers.

The Bride’s Admiration

2 “I am the ^[m]^(AF)rose of ^(AG)Sharon,
The ^(AH)lily of the valleys.”

The Groom

²“Like a lily among the thorns,
So is ^(AI)my darling among the ^[n]young women.”

The Bride

³“Like an ^(AJ)apple tree among the trees of the forest,
So is my beloved among the ^[o]young men.
In his shade I took great delight and sat down,
And his ^(AK)fruit was sweet to my ^[p]taste.
⁴He has ^(AL)brought me to his ^[q]banquet hall,
And his ^(AM)banner over me is love.
⁵Refresh me with ^(AN)raisin cakes,
Sustain me with ^(AO)apples,
Because ^(AP)I am lovesick.
⁶^(AQ)His left hand is under my head,
And ^(AR)his right hand ^(AS)embraces me.”

The Groom

⁷“^(AT)Swear to me, you ^(AU)daughters of Jerusalem,
By the ^(AV)gazelles or by the ^(AW)does of the field,
^(AX)That you will not disturb or awaken my love
Until she pleases.”

The Bride

⁸“Listen! My beloved!
Behold, he is coming,
Leaping ^(AY)on the mountains,
Jumping on the hills!
⁹My beloved is like a ^(AZ)gazelle or a ^(BA)young ^[r]stag.
Behold, he is standing behind our wall,
He is looking through the windows,
He is peering ^(BB)through the lattice.

¹⁰“My beloved responded and said to me,
‘^(BC)Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
And come along.
¹¹For behold, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone.
¹²The blossoms have already appeared in the land;
The time has arrived for ^[s]pruning the vines,
And the voice of the ^(BD)turtledove has been heard in our land.
¹³The ^(BE)fig tree has ripened its fruit,
And the ^(BF)vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance.
Arise, my darling, my beautiful one,
And come along!’”

The Groom

¹⁴“^(BG)My dove, ^(BH)in the clefts of the ^[t]rock,
In the hiding place of the mountain pathway,
Let me see ^[u]how you look,
^(BI)Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is pleasant,
And ^[v]you look ^(BJ)delightful.”

The Chorus

¹⁵“^(BK)Catch the ^[w]foxes for us,
The ^[x]little ^[y]foxes that are ruining the vineyards,
While our ^(BL)vineyards are in blossom.”

The Bride

¹⁶“^(BM)My beloved is mine, and I am his;
He ^(BN)pastures his flock among the lilies.
¹⁷^(BO)Until the cool of the day, when the shadows flee,
Turn, my beloved, and be like a ^(BP)gazelle
Or a young stag ^(BQ)on the mountains of ^[z]Bether.”

The Bride’s Troubled Dream

3 “On my bed night after night I sought him
^(BR)Whom my soul loves;
I ^(BS)sought him but did not find him.
²‘^[aa]I must arise now and ^[ab]go around in the city;
In the ^(BT)streets and in the public squares
^[ac]I must seek him whom my soul loves.’
I sought him but did not find him.
³^(BU)The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me,
And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’
⁴^(BV)Hardly had I ^[ad]left them
When I found him whom my soul loves;
I ^(BW)held on to him and would not let him go
Until I had ^(BX)brought him to my mother’s house,
And into the room of her who conceived me.”

The Groom

⁵“^(BY)Swear to me, you daughters of Jerusalem,
By the ^(BZ)gazelles or by the does of the field,
That you will not disturb or awaken my love
Until she pleases.”

Solomon’s Wedding Day

The Bride

⁶“^[ae]^(CA)What is this coming up from the wilderness
Like ^(CB)columns of smoke,
Perfumed with ^(CC)myrrh and ^(CD)frankincense,
With all the scented powders of the merchant?

The Chorus

⁷Behold, it is ^[af]the traveling couch of Solomon;
Sixty warriors around it,
Of the warriors of Israel.
⁸All of them are wielders of the sword,
^(CE)Expert in war;
Each man has his ^(CF)sword at his side,
Guarding against the ^[ag]^(CG)terrors of the night.
⁹King Solomon has made for himself a ^[ah]sedan chair
From the timber of Lebanon.
¹⁰He made its posts of silver,
Its ^[ai]back of gold
And its seat of purple fabric,
With its interior lovingly inlaid
By the ^(CH)daughters of Jerusalem.
¹¹Go out, you ^(CI)daughters of Zion,
And look at King Solomon with the ^[aj]crown
With which his mother has crowned him
On the ^(CJ)day of his wedding,
And on the day of the joy of his heart.”

Solomon’s Love Expressed

4 “^[ak]How beautiful ^(CK)you are, my darling,
^[al]How beautiful you are!
Your ^(CL)eyes are like doves ^(CM)behind your veil;
Your ^(CN)hair is like a flock of goats
That have descended from Mount ^(CO)Gilead.
²Your ^(CP)teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep
Which have come up from their watering place,
All of which bear twins,
And not one among them has lost her young.
³Your lips are like a ^(CQ)scarlet thread,
And your ^(CR)mouth is beautiful.
Your ^(CS)temples are like a slice of a pomegranate
Behind your veil.
⁴Your ^(CT)neck is like the tower of David,
Built with layers of stones
On which are ^(CU)hung a thousand shields,
All the round ^(CV)shields of the warriors.
⁵Your ^(CW)two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle
That ^(CX)graze among the lilies.
⁶^(CY)Until ^[am]the cool of the day
When the shadows flee,
I will go my way to the mountain of ^(CZ)myrrh
And to the hill of ^(DA)frankincense.

⁷“^(DB)You are altogether beautiful, my darling,
And there is no blemish on you.
⁸Come with me from ^(DC)Lebanon, my ^(DD)bride,
You shall come with me from Lebanon.
You shall ^[an]come down from the summit of ^(DE)Amana,
From the summit of ^(DF)Senir and Hermon,
From the dens of lions,
From the mountains of leopards.
⁹You have ^[ao]enchanted my heart, ^(DG)my sister, my bride;
You have ^[ap]enchanted my heart with a single glance of your eyes,
With a single strand of your ^(DH)necklace.
¹⁰^(DI)How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride!
How much ^[aq]^(DJ)sweeter is your love than wine,
And the ^(DK)fragrance of your oils
Than that of all kinds of balsam oils!
¹¹Your lips ^(DL)drip ^(DM)honey, my bride;
Honey and milk are under your tongue,
And the fragrance of your garments is like the ^(DN)fragrance of Lebanon.
¹²A locked garden is my sister, my bride,
A locked spring, a ^(DO)sealed ^(DP)fountain.
¹³Your branches are an ^[ar]^(DQ)orchard of ^(DR)pomegranates
With ^(DS)delicious fruits, ^(DT)henna with nard plants,
¹⁴^(DU)Nard and saffron, spice reed and ^(DV)cinnamon,
With all the trees of ^(DW)frankincense,
^(DX)Myrrh, and aloes, along with all the finest balsam oils.
¹⁵You are a garden spring,
A well of ^[as]^(DY)fresh water,
And flowing streams from Lebanon.”

The Bride

¹⁶“Awake, north wind,
And come, wind of the south;
^[at]Make my ^(DZ)garden breathe out fragrance,
May its balsam oils flow.
May ^(EA)my beloved come into his garden
And eat its ^(EB)delicious fruits!”