50:1  A Psalm by Asaph. The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, speaks, And calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.

50:2  Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.

50:3  Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very tempestuous around him.

50:4  He calls to the heavens above, To the earth, that he may judge his people:

50:5  "Gather my saints together to me, Those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice."

50:6  The heavens shall declare his righteousness, For God himself is judge. Selah.

50:7  "Hear, my people, and I will speak; Israel, and I will testify against you. I am God, your God.

50:8  I don't rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.

50:9  I have no need for a bull from your stall, Nor male 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 all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals 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  Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats?

50:14  Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.

50:15  Call on 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 do you have to declare my statutes, That you have taken my covenant on your lips,

50:17  Seeing you hate instruction, And throw my words behind you?

50:18  When you saw a thief, you consented with him, And have participated with adulterers.

50:19  "You give your mouth to evil. You harnesses your tongue for deceit.

50:20  You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother's son.

50:21  You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that the "I AM" was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.

50:22  "Now consider this, you who forget God, Lest I tear you into pieces, and there be none to deliver.

50:23  Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, And prepares his way so that I will show God's salvation to him."