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Psalms 50 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | [A psalm by Asaph.] The LORD, the only true God, has spoken. He has summoned the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets. | The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. | A psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to where it sets. | |
| 2 | God shines from Zion, the perfection of beauty. | Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. | From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth. | |
| 3 | Our God will come and will not remain silent. A devouring fire is in front of him and a raging storm around him. | Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest. | Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a tempest rages. | |
| 4 | He summons heaven and earth to judge his people: | He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people: | He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that he may judge his people: | |
| 5 | |Gather around me, my godly people who have made a pledge to me through sacrifices.| | “Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!” | “Gather to me this consecrated people, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.” | |
| 6 | The heavens announce his righteousness because God is the judge. [Selah] | The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! Selah | And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for he is a God of justice. | |
| 7 | |Listen, my people, and I will speak. Listen, Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God! | “Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God. | “Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel: I am God, your God. | |
| 8 | I am not criticizing you for your sacrifices or burnt offerings, which are always in front of me. | Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me. | I bring no charges against you concerning your sacrifices or concerning your burnt offerings, which are ever before me. | |
| 9 | [But] I will not accept [another] young bull from your household or a single male goat from your pens. | I will not accept a bull from your house or goats from your folds. | I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens, | |
| 10 | Every creature in the forest, [even] the cattle on a thousand hills, is mine. | For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. | for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. | |
| 11 | I know every bird in the mountains. Everything that moves in the fields is mine. | I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine. | I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields are mine. | |
| 12 | If I were hungry, I would not tell you, because the world and all that it contains are mine. | “If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine. | If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it. | |
| 13 | Do I eat the meat of bulls or drink the blood of goats? | Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? | Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? | |
| 14 | Bring [your] thanks to God as a sacrifice, and keep your vows to the Most High. | Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, | “Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High, | |
| 15 | Call on me in times of trouble. I will rescue you, and you will honor me.| | and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.” | and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.” | |
| 16 | But God says to wicked people, |How dare you quote my decrees and mouth my promises! | But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips? | But to the wicked person, God says: “What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips? | |
| 17 | You hate discipline. You toss my words behind you. | For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you. | You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you. | |
| 18 | When you see a thief, you want to make friends with him. You keep company with people who commit adultery. | If you see a thief, you are pleased with him, and you keep company with adulterers. | When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers. | |
| 19 | You let your mouth say anything evil. Your tongue plans deceit. | “You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit. | You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit. | |
| 20 | You sit and talk against your own brother. You slander your own mother's son. | You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother’s son. | You sit and testify against your brother and slander your own mother’s son. | |
| 21 | When you did these things, I remained silent. [That] made you think I was like you. I will argue my point with you and lay it all out for you to see. | These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you. | When you did these things and I kept silent, you thought I was exactly like you. But I now arraign you and set my accusations before you. | |
| 22 | Consider this, you people who forget God. Otherwise, I will tear you to pieces, and there will be no one left to rescue you. | “Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver! | “Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you: | |
| 23 | Whoever offers thanks as a sacrifice honors me. I will let everyone who continues in my way see the salvation that comes from God.| | The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!” | Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me, and to the blameless I will show my salvation.” | |
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