Psalms 50 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Chanting to Asaph. The God of gods, Jehovah spake, and he will call the earth from the rising of the sun even to its going down. 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 Out of Zion the perfection of beauty, God shone forth. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
3 Our God shall come, and he will not be silent: a fire shall consume before him, and it stormed greatly round about 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 will call to the heavens from above, and to the 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 ye my godly ones to me, they cutting out my covenant upon sacrifice. “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 And the heavens shall announce his justice: for God himself the judge. Silence. 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 Hear ye, my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God thy 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 Not for thy sacrifices will I reprove thee and for thy burnt-offerings, being always before 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 I will not take a bullock from thy house, from thy fold, he goats. 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 For to me all the beasts of the forest, the cattle upon a thousand mountains. 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 knew all the birds of the mountains and the moving things of the field with me. 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 shall hunger I shall not say to thee; for to me the habitable globe, and its fulness. “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 Shall I eat the flesh of the strong ones, and shall I 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 Sacrifice to God thanksgiving, and repay thy 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 And call upon me in the day of straits: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt 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 And to the unjust one God said, What to thee to recount my law, and thou wilt lift up my covenant upon thy mouth? 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 And thou hatedst instruction, and thou wilt cast my words behind thee. For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you. You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you.
18 If thou sawest a thief, and thou wilt run with him, and thy portion with those committing 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 Thou sentest thy month into evil, and thy tongue will contrive 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 Thou wilt sit, and thou wilt speak against thy brother; against the son of thy, mother thou wilt give a stumbling-block. 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 These things thou didst and I was silent; thou thoughtest, being, I shall be like to thee: I will reprove thee, and I will set it in order before thine eyes. 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 Understand now this, ye forgetting God, lest I shall rend and none delivering. “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 He sacrificing praise shall honor me, and he setting the way I will cause him to look upon the salvation of 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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