Psalms 50

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 A psalm for Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken: and he hath called the earth. From the rising of the sun, to the going down thereof:	1 A psalm of Asaph. The LORD, the God of gods, has spoken and summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2 out of Sion the loveliness of his beauty.	2 From Zion God shines forth. perfect in beauty.
3 God shall come manifestly: our God shall come, and shall not keep silence. A fire shall burn before him: and a mighty tempest shall be round about him.	3 Our God comes and will not be silent! Devouring fire precedes, storming fiercely round about.
4 He shall call heaven from above, and the earth, to judge his people.	4 God summons the heavens above and the earth to the judgment of his people:
5 Gather ye together his saints to him: who set his covenant before sacrifices.	5 "Gather my faithful ones before me, those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice."
6 And the heavens shall declare his justice: for God is judge.	6 The heavens proclaim divine justice, for God alone is the judge. Selah
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak: O Israel, and I will testify to thee: I am God, thy God.	7 "Listen, my people, I will speak; Israel, I will testify against you; God, your God, am I.
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.	8 Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you, nor for your holocausts, set before me daily.
9 I will not take calves out of thy house: nor he goats out of thy flocks.	9 I need no bullock from your house, no goats from your fold.
10 For all the beasts of the woods are mine: the cattle on the hills, and the oxen.	10 For every animal of the forest is mine, beasts by the thousands on my mountains.
11 I know all the fowls of the air: and with me is the beauty of the field.	11 I know every bird of the heavens; the creatures of the field belong to me.
12 If I should be hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.	12 Were I hungry, I would not tell you, for mine is the world and all that fills it.
13 Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? or shall I drink the blood of goats?	13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer to God the sacrifice of praise: and pay thy vows to the most High.	14 Offer praise as your sacrifice to God; fulfill your vows to the Most High.
15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.	15 Then call on me in time of distress; I will rescue you, and you shall honor me."
16 But to the sinner God hath said: Why dost thou declare my justices, and take my covenant in thy mouth ?	16 But to the wicked God says: "Why do you recite my commandments and profess my covenant with your lips?
17 Seeing thou hast hated discipline: and hast cast my words behind thee.	17 You hate discipline; you cast my words behind you!
18 If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.	18 When you see thieves, you befriend them; with adulterers you throw in your lot.
19 Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, and thy tongue framed deceits.	19 You give your mouth free rein for evil; you harness your tongue to deceit.
20 Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a scandal against thy mother's son:	20 You sit maligning your own kin, slandering the child of your own mother.
21 these things hast thou done, and I was silent. Thou thoughtest unjustly that I should be like to thee: but I will reprove thee, and set before thy face.	21 When you do these things should I be silent? Or do you think that I am like you? I accuse you, I lay the charge before you.
22 Understand these things, you that forget God; lest he snatch you away, and there be none to deliver you.	22 "Understand this, you who forget God, lest I attack you with no one to rescue.
23 The sacrifice of praise shall glorify me: and there is the way by which I will shew him the salvation of God.	23 Those who offer praise as a sacrifice honor me; to the obedient I will show the salvation of God."