Psalms 50
New International Version - Psalms 50 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150 50:1 The Mighty One, God, the Lord , speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets. 50:2 From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth. 50:3 Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a tempest rages. 50:4 He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that he may judge his people: 50:5 'Gather to me my consecrated ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.' 50:6 And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for God himself is judge. 50:7 'Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God. 50:8 I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, which are ever before me. 50:9 I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens, 50:10 for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. 50:11 I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are mine. 50:12 If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it. 50:13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? 50:14 Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High, 50:15 and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.' 50:16 But to the wicked, God says: 'What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips? 50:17 You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you. 50:18 When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers. 50:19 You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit. 50:20 You speak continually against your brother and slander your own mother's son. 50:21 These things you have done and I kept silent; you thought I was altogether like you. But I will rebuke you and accuse you to your face. 50:22 'Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with none to rescue: 50:23 He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me, and he prepares the way so that I may show him the salvation of God.'