Psalm 50

God Himself Is Judge

A Psalm of #1 Chr. 6:39; 15:17; 16:5, 7; 25:2; 2 Chr. 29:30Asaph.

1 *Josh. 22:22The Mighty One, God the Lord,

speaks and summons the earth

*Ps. 113:3from the rising of the sun to its setting.

2 Out of Zion, *[Lam. 2:15]; See Ps. 48:2the perfection of beauty,

*Ps. 80:1;94:1;Deut. 33:2God shines forth.

3 Our God comes; he *[Ex. 19:16] does not keep silence;*50:3 Or May our God come, and not keep silence

before him is a devouring *Ps. 21:9;97:3;Lev. 10:2;Num. 16:35;Dan. 7:10fire,

around him a mighty tempest.

4 *Deut. 4:26;31:28;32:1;Isa. 1:2;Mic. 6:1,2He calls to the heavens above

and to the earth, that he may judge his people:

5 "Gather to me my faithful ones,

who made *Ex. 24:7,8;See Gen. 15:9-18a covenant with me by sacrifice!"

6 *Ps. 89:5;97:6;[Rev. 16:5,7;19:2] The heavens declare his righteousness,

for *Ps. 58:11;75:7God himself is judge! Selah

7 *Ps. 81:8;[Ps. 49:1] "Hear, O my people, and I will speak;

O Israel, I will testify against you.

*Ex. 20:2I am God, your God.

8 Not for your sacrifices *See Ps. 40:6do I rebuke you;

your burnt offerings are continually before me.

9 I will not accept a bull from your house

or goats from your folds.

10 For every beast of the forest is mine,

the cattle on a thousand hills.

11 *[Matt. 10:29]I know all the birds of the hills,

and all that moves in the field is mine.

12 "If I were hungry, I would not tell you,

*See Ps. 24:1for the world and its fullness are mine.

13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls

or drink the blood of goats?

14 *ver. 23;Ps. 27:6;69:30;107:22;Heb. 13:15;[Hos. 14:2;Rom. 12:1] Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,*50:14 Or Make thanksgiving your sacrifice to God

and *Ps. 22:25;61:8;65:1;76:11;116:14,18;Num. 30:2;Deut. 23:21;Job 22:27;Eccles. 5:4,5perform your vows to the Most High,

15 and *Ps. 81:7;Zech. 13:9;[Ps. 107:6] call upon me in the day of trouble;

I will *Ps. 91:15deliver you, and you shall *ver. 23;Ps. 22:23glorify me."

16 But to the wicked God says:

"What right have you to recite my statutes

or take my covenant on your lips?

17 *[Rom. 2:21,22] For you hate discipline,

*1 Kgs. 14:9;Neh. 9:26and you cast my words behind you.

18 If you see a thief, *Rom. 1:32you are pleased with him,

*[1 Tim. 5:22]and you keep company with adulterers.

19 "You give your mouth free rein for evil,

*[Ps. 52:2]and your tongue frames deceit.

20 You sit and speak against your brother;

you slander your own mother’s son.

21 These things you have done, and I *Eccles. 8:11;Isa. 57:11have been silent;

you thought that I*50:21 Or that the I am was one like yourself.

But now I *Ps. 90:8;2 Kgs. 19:4rebuke you and *Job 13:18;23:4lay the charge before you.

22 "Mark this, then, you who *See Ps. 9:17forget God,

lest I tear you apart, and there be *Ps. 7:2none to deliver!

23 The one who *ver. 14, 15offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;

to one who *[Gal. 6:16] orders his way rightly

I will show the *Ps. 91:16salvation of God!"