Psalms 50:1-14

¹“A psalm of Asaph.” The mighty God, Jehovah, speaketh, and calleth the earth, From the rising of the sun to its going down.

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

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

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

⁵“Gather together before me my godly ones, Who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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