Psalm 50

¹The mighty God, the Lord,

hath spoken, and did call

The earth, from rising of the sun,

to where he hath his fall.

²From out of Sion hill,

which of excellency

And beauty the perfection is,

God shined gloriously.

³Our God shall surely come,

keep silence shall not he:

Before him fire shall waste, great storms

shall round about him be.

⁴Unto the heavens clear

he from above shall call,

And to the earth likewise, that he

may judge his people all.

⁵Together let my saints

unto me gather'd be,

Those that by sacrifice have made

a covenant with me.

⁶And then the heavens shall

his righteousness declare:

Because the Lord himself is he

by whom men judged are.

⁷My people Isr'el hear,

speak will I from on high,

Against thee I will testify;

God, ev'n thy God, am I.

⁸I for thy sacrifice

no blame will on thee lay,

Nor for burnt-off 'rings, which to me

thou offer'dst ev'ry day.

⁹I'll take no calf nor goats

from house or fold of thine:

¹⁰For beasts of forests, cattle all

on thousand hills, are mine.

¹¹The fowls on mountains high

are all to me well known;

Wild beasts which in the fields do lie,

ev'n they are all mine own.

¹²Then, if I hungry were,

I would not tell it thee;

Because the world, and fulness all

thereof, belongs to me.

¹³Will I eat flesh of bulls?

or goats' blood drink will I?

¹⁴Thanks offer thou to God, and pay

thy vows to the most High.

¹⁵And call upon me when

in trouble thou shalt be;

I will deliver thee, and thou

my name shalt glorify.

¹⁶But to the wicked man

God saith, My laws and truth

Should'st thou declare? how dar'st thou take

my cov'nant in thy mouth?

¹⁷Sith thou instruction hat'st,

which should thy ways direct;

And sith my words behind thy back

thou cast'st, and dost reject.

¹⁸When thou a thief didst see,

with him thou didst consent;

And with the vile adulterers

partaker on thou went.

¹⁹Thou giv'st thy mouth to ill,

thy tongue deceit doth frame;

²⁰Thou sitt'st, and 'gainst thy brother speak'st,

thy mother's son dost shame.

²¹Because I silence kept,

while thou these things hast wrought;

That I was altogether like

thyself, hath been thy thought;

Yet I will thee reprove,

and set before thine eyes,

In order ranked, thy misdeeds

and thine iniquities.

²²Now, ye that God forget,

this carefully consider;

Lest I in pieces tear you all,

and none can you deliver.

²³Whoso doth offer praise

me glorifies; and I

Will shew him God's salvation,

that orders right his way.

¹The mighty God, the Lord, hath spoke,

and call'd the earth upon,

Ev'n from the rising of the sun

unto his going down.

²From out of Sion, his own hill,

where the perfection high

Of beauty is, from thence the Lord

hath shined gloriously.

³Our God shall come, and shall no more

be silent, but speak out:

Before him fire shall waste, great storms

shall compass him about.

⁴He to the heavens from above,

and to the earth below,

Shall call, that he his judgments may

before his people show.

⁵Let all my saints together be

unto me gathered;

Those that by sacrifice with me

a covenant have made.

⁶And then the heavens shall declare

his righteousness abroad:

Because the Lord himself doth come;

none else is judge but God.

⁷Hear, O my people, and I'll speak;

O Israel by name,

Against thee I will testify;

God, ev'n thy God, I am.

⁸I for thy sacrifices few

reprove thee never will,

Nor for burnt-off 'rings to have been

before me offer'd still.

⁹I'll take no bullock nor he-goats

from house nor folds of thine:

¹⁰For beasts of forests, cattle all

on thousand hills, are mine.

¹¹The fowls are all to me well known

that mountains high do yield;

And I do challenge as mine own

the wild beasts of the field.

¹²If I were hungry, I would not

to thee for need complain;

For earth, and all its fulness, doth

to me of right pertain.

¹³That I to eat the flesh of bulls

take pleasure dost thou think?

Or that I need, to quench my thirst,

the blood of goats to drink?

¹⁴Nay, rather unto me, thy God,

thanksgiving offer thou:

To the most High perform thy word,

and fully pay thy vow:

¹⁵And in the day of trouble great

see that thou call on me;

I will deliver thee, and thou

my name shalt glorify.

¹⁶But God unto the wicked saith,

Why should'st thou mention make

Of my commands? how dar'st thou in

thy mouth my cov'nant take?

¹⁷Sith it is so that thou dost hate

all good instruction;

And sith thou cast'st behind thy back,

and slight'st my words each one.

¹⁸When thou a thief didst see, then straight

thou join'dst with him in sin,

And with the vile adulterers

thou hast partaker been.

¹⁹Thy mouth to evil thou dost give,

thy tongue deceit doth frame.

²⁰Thou sitt'st, and 'gainst thy brother speak'st,

thy mother's son to shame.

²¹These things thou wickedly hast done,

and I have silent been:

Thou thought'st that I was like thyself,

and did approve thy sin:

But I will sharply thee reprove,

and I will order right

Thy sins and thy transgressions

in presence of thy sight.

²²Consider this, and be afraid,

ye that forget the Lord,

Lest I in pieces tear you all,

when none can help afford.

²³Who off'reth praise me glorifies:

I will shew God's salvation

To him that ordereth aright

his life and conversation.