Psalm 50

Complete Jewish Bible

50 ⁽⁰⁾A psalm of Asaf:

⁽¹⁾The Mighty One, God, Adonai, is speaking,
summoning the world from east to west.
²Out of Tziyon, the perfection of beauty,
God is shining forth.
³Our God is coming and not staying silent.
With a fire devouring ahead of him
and a great storm raging around him,
⁴he calls to the heavens above and to earth,
in order to judge his people.
⁵“Gather to me my faithful,
those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”

⁶The heavens proclaim his righteousness,
for God himself is judge. (Selah)

⁷“Listen, my people, I am speaking:
Isra’el, I am testifying against you,
I, God, your God.
⁸I am not rebuking you for your sacrifices;
your burnt offerings are always before me.
⁹I have no need for a bull from your farm
or for male goats from your pens;
¹⁰for all forest creatures are mine already,
as are the animals on a thousand hills;
¹¹I know all the birds in the mountains;
whatever moves in the fields is mine.
¹²If I were hungry, I would not tell you;
for the world is mine, and everything in it.
¹³Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?
¹⁴Offer thanksgiving as your sacrifice to God,
pay your vows to the Most High,
¹⁵and call on me when you are in trouble;
I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

¹⁶But to the wicked God says:
“What right do you have to proclaim my laws
or take my covenant on your lips,
¹⁷when you so hate to receive instruction
and fling my words behind you?
¹⁸When you see a thief, you join up with him,
you throw in your lot with adulterers,
¹⁹you give your mouth free rein for evil
and harness your tongue to deceit;
²⁰you sit and speak against your kinsman,
you slander your own mother’s son.
²¹When you do such things, should I stay silent?
You may have thought I was just like you;
but I will rebuke and indict you to your face.
²²Consider this, you who forget God,
or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to save you.