Psalms, 50

A melody of Aʹsaph.

¹ The Divine One, God, Jehovah,^*1 has himself spoken, And he proceeds to call the earth,^*2 From the rising of the sun until its setting.

² Out of Zion, the perfection of prettiness, God himself has beamed forth.

³ Our God will come and cannot possibly keep silent.^*1 Before him there devours a fire, And all around him it has become exceedingly stormy weather.

⁴ He calls to the heavens above and to the earth So as to execute judgment on his people:

⁵ “Gather to me my loyal ones, Those concluding^*1 my covenant^*2 over sacrifice.”

⁶ And the heavens tell of his righteousness, For God himself is Judge.^*1 Seʹlah.

⁷ “Do listen, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will bear witness against you.^*1 I am God, your God.

⁸ Not concerning your sacrifices do I reprove you, Nor [concerning] your whole burnt offerings [that are] in front of me constantly.

⁹ I will not take out of your house a bull, Out of your pens he-goats.

¹⁰ For to me belongs every wild animal of the forest, The beasts upon a thousand mountains.

¹¹ I well know every winged creature of the mountains, And the animal throngs of the open field are with me.

¹² If I were hungry, I would not say it to you; For to me the productive land^*1 and its fullness belong.

¹³ Shall I eat the flesh of powerful [bulls], And the blood of he-goats shall I drink?

¹⁴ Offer thanksgiving as your sacrifice to God, And pay to the Most High your vows;

¹⁵ And call me in the day of distress. I shall rescue you, and you will glorify me.”

¹⁶ But to the wicked one God will have to say: “What right do you have to enumerate my regulations, And that you may bear my covenant^*1 in your mouth?

¹⁷ Why, you—you have hated discipline, And you keep throwing my words behind you.

¹⁸ Whenever you saw a thief, you were even pleased^*1 with him; And your sharing was with adulterers.

¹⁹ Your mouth you have let loose to what is bad, And your tongue you keep attached to deception.

²⁰ You sit [and] speak against your own brother, Against the son of your mother you give away a fault.

²¹ These things you have done, and I kept silent. You imagined that I would positively become like you. I am going to reprove you, and I will set things in order before your eyes.

²² Understand this, please, YOU forgetters of God,^*1 That I may not tear [YOU] to pieces without there being any deliverer.

²³ The one offering thanksgiving as his sacrifice is the one that glorifies me; And as for the one keeping a set way, I will cause him to see salvation by God.”^*1