Psalm 50
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New American Standard Bible 1995Berean Study Bible
1A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God, the LORD, has spoken, And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.1A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone forth.2From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
3May our God come and not keep silence; Fire devours before Him, And it is very tempestuous around Him.3Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
4He summons the heavens above, And the earth, to judge His people:4He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
5"Gather My godly ones to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice."5“Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
6And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge. Selah.6And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
7"Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you; I am God, your God.7“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
8"I do not reprove you for your sacrifices, And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.8I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
9"I shall take no young bull out of your house Nor male goats out of your folds.9I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
10"For every beast of the forest is Mine, The cattle on a thousand hills.10for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills.
11"I know every bird of the mountains, And everything that moves in the field is Mine.11I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
12"If I were hungry I would not tell you, For the world is Mine, and all it contains.12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
13"Shall I eat the flesh of bulls Or drink the blood of male goats?13Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14"Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving And pay your vows to the Most High;14Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me."15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
16But to the wicked God says, "What right have you to tell of My statutes And to take My covenant in your mouth?16To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
17"For you hate discipline, And you cast My words behind you.17For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
18"When you see a thief, you are pleased with him, And you associate with adulterers.18When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
19"You let your mouth loose in evil And your tongue frames deceit.19You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.
20"You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother's son.20You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
21"These things you have done and I kept silence; You thought that I was just like you; I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.21You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
22"Now consider this, you who forget God, Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver.22Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
23"He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders his way aright I shall show the salvation of God."23He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
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