Psalm 50 - Modern English Version

A Psalm of Asaph.

¹ The Mighty One, God the Lord, has spoken and summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.

² Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined forth.

³ Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent; a devouring fire shall precede Him, and it shall be very tempestuous all around Him.

⁴ He shall call to the heavens above, and to the earth, that He may judge His people:

⁵ “Gather My faithful ones to Me, those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

⁶ The heavens shall declare 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.

⁸ Not for your sacrifices will I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

⁹ I will not accept a young bull from your house, or goats from your folds.

¹⁰ For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.

¹¹ I 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, for the world and all its fullness are Mine.

¹³ Will 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.

¹⁵ Call on Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will glorify Me.”

¹⁶ But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to declare My statutes, or take My covenant on your lips?

¹⁷ For you hate instruction, and cast My words behind you.

¹⁸ When you see a thief, you are pleased with him, and you partake with adulterers.

¹⁹ You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

²⁰ You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.

²¹ These things have you done, and I kept silent; you thought that I was indeed like you; but I will rebuke you and make a case before your eyes.

²² “Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:

²³ Whoever offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies Me; to him who orders his conduct aright, I will show the salvation of God.”