Psalm 50

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. InterludeISV — 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