Psalms 50

^{Psalms 50:1} The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.

^{Psalms 50:2} From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.

^{Psalms 50:3} Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.

^{Psalms 50:4} He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:

^{Psalms 50:5} “Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

^{Psalms 50:6} And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah

^{Psalms 50:7} “Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.

^{Psalms 50:8} I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.

^{Psalms 50:9} I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,

^{Psalms 50:10} for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.

^{Psalms 50:11} I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.

^{Psalms 50:12} If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.

^{Psalms 50:13} Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

^{Psalms 50:14} Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.

^{Psalms 50:15} Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

^{Psalms 50:16} To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?

^{Psalms 50:17} For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

^{Psalms 50:18} When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.

^{Psalms 50:19} You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.

^{Psalms 50:20} You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.

^{Psalms 50:21} You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.

^{Psalms 50:22} Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:

^{Psalms 50:23} He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”