Psalm 50 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

God the Judge of the Righteous and the Wicked.

A Psalm of [a]Asaph.

50 (A)The Mighty One, God, the Lord, has spoken,
And summoned the earth (B)from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2 Out of Zion, (C)the perfection of beauty,
God (D)has shone forth.
3 May our God (E)come and not keep silence;
(F)Fire devours before Him,
And it is very (G)tempestuous around Him.
4 He (H)summons the heavens above,
And the earth, to judge His people:
5 “Gather My (I)godly ones to Me,
Those who have made a (J)covenant with Me by (K)sacrifice.”
6 And the (L)heavens declare His righteousness,
For (M)God Himself is judge. [b]Selah.

7 “(N)Hear, O My people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will testify [c]against you;
I am God, (O)your God.
8 “I do (P)not reprove you for your sacrifices,
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
9 “I shall take no (Q)young bull out of your house
Nor male goats out of your folds.
10 “For (R)every beast of the forest is Mine,
The cattle on a thousand hills.
11 “I know every (S)bird of the mountains,
And everything that moves in the field is [d]Mine.
12 “If I were hungry I would not tell you,
For the (T)world is Mine, and [e]all it contains.
13 “Shall I eat the flesh of [f](U)bulls
Or drink the blood of male goats?
14 “Offer to God (V)a sacrifice of thanksgiving
And (W)pay your vows to the Most High;
15 (X)Call upon Me in the day of trouble;
I shall (Y)rescue you, and you will (Z)honor Me.”

16 But to the wicked God says,
“What right have you to tell of My statutes
And to take (AA)My covenant in your mouth?
17 “For you (AB)hate discipline,
And you (AC)cast My words behind you.
18 “When you see a thief, you [g](AD)are pleased with him,
And [h]you (AE)associate with adulterers.
19 “You [i](AF)let your mouth loose in evil
And your (AG)tongue frames deceit.
20 “You sit and (AH)speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.
21 “These things you have done and (AI)I kept silence;
You thought that I was just like you;
I will (AJ)reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.

22 “Now consider this, you who (AK)forget God,
Or I will (AL)tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver.
23 “He who (AM)offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me;
And to him who [j](AN)orders his way aright
I shall (AO)show the salvation of God.”

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 50:1 1 Chr 15:17; 2 Chr 29:30
  2. Psalm 50:6 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
  3. Psalm 50:7 Or to
  4. Psalm 50:11 Or in My mind; lit with Me
  5. Psalm 50:12 Lit its fullness
  6. Psalm 50:13 Lit strong ones
  7. Psalm 50:18 Some ancient versions read run together
  8. Psalm 50:18 Lit your part is with
  9. Psalm 50:19 Lit send
  10. Psalm 50:23 Lit sets

Cross references

  1. Psalm 50:1 : Josh 22:22
  2. Psalm 50:1 : Ps 113:3
  3. Psalm 50:2 : Ps 48:2; Lam 2:15
  4. Psalm 50:2 : Deut 33:2; Ps 80:1; 94:1
  5. Psalm 50:3 : Ps 96:13
  6. Psalm 50:3 : Lev 10:2; Num 16:35; Ps 97:3; Dan 7:10
  7. Psalm 50:3 : Ps 18:12, 13
  8. Psalm 50:4 : Deut 4:26; 31:28; 32:1; Is 1:2
  9. Psalm 50:5 : Ps 30:4; 37:28; 52:9
  10. Psalm 50:5 : Ex 24:7; 2 Chr 6:11; Ps 25:10
  11. Psalm 50:5 : Ps 50:8
  12. Psalm 50:6 : Ps 89:5; 97:6
  13. Psalm 50:6 : Ps 75:7; 96:13
  14. Psalm 50:7 : Ps 49:1; 81:8
  15. Psalm 50:7 : Ex 20:2; Ps 48:14
  16. Psalm 50:8 : Ps 40:6; 51:16; Is 1:11; Hos 6:6
  17. Psalm 50:9 : Ps 69:31
  18. Psalm 50:10 : Ps 104:24
  19. Psalm 50:11 : Matt 6:26
  20. Psalm 50:12 : Ex 19:5; Deut 10:14; Ps 24:1; 1 Cor 10:26
  21. Psalm 50:13 : Ps 50:9
  22. Psalm 50:14 : Ps 27:6; 69:30; 107:22; 116:17; Hos 14:2; Rom 12:1; Heb 13:15
  23. Psalm 50:14 : Num 30:2; Deut 23:21; Ps 22:25; 56:12; 61:8; 65:1; 76:11
  24. Psalm 50:15 : Ps 91:15; 107:6, 13; Zech 13:9
  25. Psalm 50:15 : Ps 81:7
  26. Psalm 50:15 : Ps 22:23
  27. Psalm 50:16 : Is 29:13
  28. Psalm 50:17 : Prov 5:12; 12:1; Rom 2:21, 22
  29. Psalm 50:17 : 1 Kin 14:9; Neh 9:26
  30. Psalm 50:18 : Rom 1:32
  31. Psalm 50:18 : 1 Tim 5:22
  32. Psalm 50:19 : Ps 10:7
  33. Psalm 50:19 : Ps 36:3; 52:2
  34. Psalm 50:20 : Job 19:18; Matt 10:21
  35. Psalm 50:21 : Eccl 8:11; Is 42:14; 57:11
  36. Psalm 50:21 : Ps 90:8
  37. Psalm 50:22 : Job 8:13; Ps 9:17
  38. Psalm 50:22 : Ps 7:2
  39. Psalm 50:23 : Ps 50:14
  40. Psalm 50:23 : Ps 85:13
  41. Psalm 50:23 : Ps 91:16

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