Psalms 50

מִזְמ֗וֹר לְאָ֫סָ֥ף אֵ֤ל ׀ אֱֽלֹהִ֡ים יְֽהוָ֗ה דִּבֶּ֥ר וַיִּקְרָא־אָ֑רֶץ מִמִּזְרַח־שֶׁ֝֗מֶשׁ עַד־מְבֹאֽוֹ׃

A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.

A Psalm of Asaph.

The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

מִצִּיּ֥וֹן מִכְלַל־יֹ֗פִי אֱלֹהִ֥ים הוֹפִֽיעַ׃

From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

יָ֤בֹ֥א אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ וְֽאַל־יֶ֫חֱרַ֥שׁ אֵשׁ־לְפָנָ֥יו תֹּאכֵ֑ל וּ֝סְבִיבָ֗יו נִשְׂעֲרָ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃

Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

יִקְרָ֣א אֶל־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם מֵעָ֑ל וְאֶל־הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ לָדִ֥ין עַמּֽוֹ׃

He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:

He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

אִסְפוּ־לִ֥י חֲסִידָ֑י כֹּרְתֵ֖י בְרִיתִ֣י עֲלֵי־זָֽבַח׃

“Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

וַיַּגִּ֣ידוּ שָׁמַ֣יִם צִדְק֑וֹ כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִ֓ים ׀ שֹׁפֵ֖ט ה֣וּא סֶֽלָה׃

And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

שִׁמְעָ֤ה עַמִּ֨י ׀ וַאֲדַבֵּ֗רָה יִ֭שְׂרָאֵל וְאָעִ֣ידָה בָּ֑ךְ אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֱלֹהֶ֣יךָ אָנֹֽכִי׃

“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.

Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.

לֹ֣א עַל־זְ֭בָחֶיךָ אוֹכִיחֶ֑ךָ וְעוֹלֹתֶ֖יךָ לְנֶגְדִּ֣י תָמִֽיד׃

I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

לֹא־אֶקַּ֣ח מִבֵּיתְךָ֣ פָ֑ר מִ֝מִּכְלְאֹתֶ֗יךָ עַתּוּדִֽים׃

I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,

I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.

כִּי־לִ֥י כָל־חַיְתוֹ־יָ֑עַר בְּ֝הֵמ֗וֹת בְּהַרְרֵי־אָֽלֶף׃

for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills.

For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

יָ֭דַעְתִּי כָּל־ע֣וֹף הָרִ֑ים וְזִ֥יז שָׂ֝דַ֗י עִמָּדִֽי׃

I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.

I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

אִם־אֶ֭רְעַב לֹא־אֹ֣מַר לָ֑ךְ כִּי־לִ֥י תֵ֝בֵ֗ל וּמְלֹאָֽהּ׃

If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

הַֽ֭אוֹכַל בְּשַׂ֣ר אַבִּירִ֑ים וְדַ֖ם עַתּוּדִ֣ים אֶשְׁתֶּֽה׃

Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

זְבַ֣ח לֵאלֹהִ֣ים תּוֹדָ֑ה וְשַׁלֵּ֖ם לְעֶלְי֣וֹן נְדָרֶֽיךָ׃

Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.

Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

וּ֭קְרָאֵנִי בְּי֣וֹם צָרָ֑ה אֲ֝חַלֶּצְךָ֗ וּֽתְכַבְּדֵֽנִי׃

Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

וְלָ֤רָשָׁ֨ע ׀ אָ֘מַ֤ר אֱלֹהִ֗ים מַה־לְּ֭ךָ לְסַפֵּ֣ר חֻקָּ֑י וַתִּשָּׂ֖א בְרִיתִ֣י עֲלֵי־פִֽיךָ׃

To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

וְ֭אַתָּה שָׂנֵ֣אתָ מוּסָ֑ר וַתַּשְׁלֵ֖ךְ דְּבָרַ֣י אַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃

For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

אִם־רָאִ֣יתָ גַ֭נָּב וַתִּ֣רֶץ עִמּ֑וֹ וְעִ֖ם מְנָאֲפִ֣ים חֶלְקֶֽךָ׃

When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.

When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

פִּ֭יךָ שָׁלַ֣חְתָּ בְרָעָ֑ה וּ֝לְשׁוֹנְךָ֗ תַּצְמִ֥יד מִרְמָֽה׃

You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.

Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

תֵּ֭שֵׁב בְּאָחִ֣יךָ תְדַבֵּ֑ר בְּבֶֽן־אִ֝מְּךָ֗ תִּתֶּן־דֹּֽפִי׃

You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.

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

אֵ֤לֶּה עָשִׂ֨יתָ ׀ וְֽהֶחֱרַ֗שְׁתִּי דִּמִּ֗יתָ הֱֽיוֹת־אֶֽהְיֶ֥ה כָמ֑וֹךָ אוֹכִיחֲךָ֖ וְאֶֽעֶרְכָ֣ה לְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃

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.

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

בִּֽינוּ־נָ֣א זֹ֭את שֹׁכְחֵ֣י אֱל֑וֹהַּ פֶּן־אֶ֝טְרֹ֗ף וְאֵ֣ין מַצִּֽיל׃

Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:

Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

זֹבֵ֥חַ תּוֹדָ֗ה יְֽכַ֫בְּדָ֥נְנִי וְשָׂ֥ם דֶּ֑רֶךְ אַ֝רְאֶ֗נּוּ בְּיֵ֣שַׁע אֱלֹהִֽים׃

He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rightly orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.”

Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.