1 God, the LORD, a50:1 Or The mighty God has spoken. He has summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting place. ISV — Psalm 50:1
2 From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined forth. ISV — Psalm 50:2
3 Our God has appeared and he has not been silent; a devouring fire blazed before him, and a mighty storm swirled around him. ISV — Psalm 50:3
4 He summoned the heavens above and the earth below, b50:4 The Heb. lacks below to sit in judgment on his people. ISV — Psalm 50:4
5 “Assemble before me, my saints, who have entered into my covenant by sacrifice.” ISV — Psalm 50:5
6 The heavens revealed his justice, for God is himself the judge. Interlude ISV — Psalm 50:6
7 “Listen, my people, for I am making a pronouncement: Israel, I, God, your God, am testifying against you. ISV — Psalm 50:7
8 I do not rebuke you because of your sacrifices; indeed, your burnt offerings are continuously before me. ISV — Psalm 50:8
9 I will no longer accept a sacrificial c50:9 The Heb. lacks sacrificial bull from your household; nor goats from your pens. ISV — Psalm 50:9
10 Indeed, every animal of the forest is mine, even the cattle on a thousand hills. ISV — Psalm 50:10
11 I know all the birds in the mountains; indeed, everything that moves in the field is mine. ISV — Psalm 50:11
12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world is mine along with everything in it. ISV — Psalm 50:12
13 Why should I eat the flesh of oxen or drink the blood of goats? ISV — Psalm 50:13
14 Offer to God a thanksgiving praise; pay your vows to the Most High. ISV — Psalm 50:14
15 Call on me in the day of distress; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me.” ISV — Psalm 50:15
16 As for the wicked, God says, “How dare you recite my statutes or speak about my covenant with your lips! ISV — Psalm 50:16
17 You hate instruction and toss my words behind you. ISV — Psalm 50:17
18 When you see a thief, you befriend him, and you keep company with adulterers. ISV — Psalm 50:18
19 You give your mouth free reign for evil, and your tongue devises deceit. ISV — Psalm 50:19
20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother’s son. ISV — Psalm 50:20
21 These things you did, and I kept silent, because you assumed that I was like you. But now I am going to rebuke you, and I will set forth my case before your very own eyes.” ISV — Psalm 50:21
22 Consider this, you who have forgotten God— Otherwise, I will tear you in pieces and there will be no deliverer: ISV — Psalm 50:22
23 Whoever offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and I will reveal the salvation of God to whomever continues in my way.” d50:23 Lit. sets a way ISV — Psalm 50:23