Psalm 50 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

God Himself Is Judge

Psa 50:1A Psalm of Asaph.
The Mighty One, God the LORD,
speaks and summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to its setting.

Psa 50:2

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

Psa 50:3

Psa 50:3Our God comes; he does not keep silence;[fn]
before him is a devouring fire,
around him a mighty tempest.

Psa 50:4

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

Psa 50:5

Psa 50:5“Gather to me my faithful ones,
who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”

Psa 50:6

Psa 50:6The heavens declare his righteousness,
for God himself is judge! Selah

Psa 50:7

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

Psa 50:8

Psa 50:8Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you;
your burnt offerings are continually before me.

Psa 50:9

Psa 50:9I will not accept a bull from your house
or goats from your folds.

Psa 50:10

Psa 50:10For every beast of the forest is mine,
the cattle on a thousand hills.

Psa 50:11

Psa 50:11I know all the birds of the hills,
and all that moves in the field is mine.

Psa 50:12

Psa 50:12“If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world and its fullness are mine.

Psa 50:13

Psa 50:13Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?

Psa 50:14

Psa 50:14Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,[fn]
and perform your vows to the Most High,

Psa 50:15

Psa 50:15and call upon me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”

Psa 50:16

Psa 50:16But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to recite my statutes
or take my covenant on your lips?

Psa 50:17

Psa 50:17For you hate discipline,
and you cast my words behind you.

Psa 50:18

Psa 50:18If you see a thief, you are pleased with him,
and you keep company with adulterers.

Psa 50:19

Psa 50:19“You give your mouth free rein for evil,
and your tongue frames deceit.

Psa 50:20

Psa 50:20You sit and speak against your brother;
you slander your own mother’s son.

Psa 50:21

Psa 50:21These things you have done, and I have been silent;
you thought that I[fn] was one like yourself.
But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.

Psa 50:22

Psa 50:22“Mark this, then, you who forget God,
lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver!

Psa 50:23

Psa 50:23The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;
to one who orders his way rightly
I will show the salvation of God!”

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ESV Footnotes

(50:3)

Or May our God come, and not keep silence

(50:14)

Or Make thanksgiving your sacrifice to God

(50:21)

Or that the I AM

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Psalm 50 :: English Standard Version (ESV)

God Himself Is Judge

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