Psalm 50

Deus deorum

¹ The Lord, even the most mighty God, has spoken*

and called the world, from the rising of the sun to the going down thereof.

² Out of Zion, perfect in her beauty,*

has God shone forth in glory.

³ Our God shall come and shall not keep silence;*

there shall go before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest shall be stirred up round about him.

⁴ He shall call to the heavens above,*

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

⁵ "Gather my faithful together unto me,*

those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice."

⁶ And the heavens shall declare his righteousness,*

for God himself is Judge.

⁷ "Hear, O my people, and I will speak;*

I myself will testify against you, O Israel, for I am God, even your God.

⁸ I will not rebuke you because of your sacrifices, or for your burnt offerings,*

because they are always before me.

⁹ I will take no bull calf out of your house,*

nor he-goat out of your folds.

¹⁰ For all the beasts of the forest are mine,*

and so are the cattle upon a thousand hills.

¹¹ I know all the birds of the air,*

and the wild beasts of the field are in my sight.

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

for the whole world is mine, and all that is therein.

¹³ Do you think that I will eat the flesh of bulls*

and drink the blood of goats?

¹⁴ Offer unto God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,*

and pay your vows unto the Most High,

¹⁵ And call upon me in the time of trouble;*

so will I hear you, and you shall praise me."

¹⁶ But to the ungodly God says:*

"Why do you recite my laws, and take my covenant in your mouth,

¹⁷ Though you hate to be disciplined,*

and have cast my words behind you?

¹⁸ When you saw a thief, you agreed with him,*

and you have taken part with adulterers.

¹⁹ You have let your mouth speak wickedness,*

and with your tongue you have set forth deceit.

²⁰ You sat and spoke against your brother;*

yes, and have slandered your own mother's son.

²¹ These things you have done, and I held my tongue,*

and you thought wickedly that I am such a one as yourself.

²² But I will reprove you,*

and set before you the things that you have done.

²³ O consider this, you who forget God,*

lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver you.

²⁴ Whoever offers me a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors me,*

and to him who orders his way aright will I show the salvation of God."

Psalms with similar themes:

God the Judge
1  11  7  46  97  50  62  82  75  76  90  96  98 

God’s Law
19  50  62  111  119  147 

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