Noyes - Psalms - 50

50:1  The mighty God, Jehovah, speaketh, and calleth the earth, From the rising of the sun to its going down.

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

50:3  Our God cometh, and will not be silent; Before him is a devouring fire, And around him a raging tempest.

50:4  He calleth to the heavens on high, And to the earth, while he judgeth his people:

50:5  "Gather together before me my godly ones, Who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice!"

50:6  (And the heavens shall declare his righteousness, For it is God himself that is judge.) [Pause.]

50:7  "Hear, O my people, and I will speak! O Israel, and I will testify against thee! For I am God, thine own God.

50:8  I reprove thee not on account of thy sacrifices; For thy burnt-offerings are ever before me.

50:9  I will take no bullock from thy house, Nor he-goat from thy folds;

50:10  For all the beasts of the forest are mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills.

50:11  I know all the birds of the mountains, And the wild beasts of the field are before me.

50:12  If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and all that is therein.

50:13  Do I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats?

50:14  Offer to God thanksgiving, And pay thy vows to the Most High!

50:15  Then call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me!"

50:16  And to the wicked God saith, "To what purpose dost thou talk of my statutes? And why hast thou my laws upon thy lips?—

50:17  Thou, who hatest instruction And castest my words behind thee!

50:18  When thou seest a thief, thou art in friendship with him, And hast fellowship with adulterers.

50:19  Thou lettest loose thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit;

50:20  Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

50:21  These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Hence thou thoughtest that I was altogether like thyself: But I will reprove thee, and set it in order before thine eyes.

50:22  Mark this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and none deliver you!

50:23  Whoso offereth praise honoreth me; And to him who hath regard to his ways Will I show salvation from God."