(KJV) Psalm 50¹

⥃The Mighty One Calls

A Psalm of Asaph.

[1] The mighty² God, [even³] the Lord, hath spoken⁴, and called⁵ the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. [2] Out⁶ of Zion, the perfection⁷ of beauty, God⁸ hath shined. [3] Our⁹ God shall come, and shall not keep¹⁰ silence: a fire¹¹ shall devour before him, and it shall¹² be very tempestuous round about him. [4] He shall call¹³ to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge¹⁴ his people. [5] Gather¹⁵ my saints¹⁶ together unto me; those that have made¹⁷ a covenant with me by sacrifice. [6] And the heavens¹⁸ shall declare his righteousness: for God¹⁹ [is] judge himself. Selah²⁰. [7] Hear²¹, O my²² people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify²³ against thee: I [am²⁴] God, [even] thy God. [8] I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, [to have been] continually before me.²⁵ [9] I will take no bullock out of thy house, [nor] he goats out of thy folds.²⁶ [10] For every²⁷ beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the cattle²⁸ upon a thousand hills. [11] I know²⁹ all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild³⁰ beasts of the field [are] mine³¹. [12] If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world³² [is] mine, and the fulness³³ thereof. [13] Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? [14] Offer³⁴ unto God thanksgiving; and pay³⁵ thy vows unto the most High: [15] And call³⁶ upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver³⁷ thee, and thou shalt glorify³⁸ me. [16] But unto the wicked³⁹ God saith, What⁴⁰ hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or [that] thou shouldest⁴¹ take my covenant in thy mouth? [17] Seeing thou hatest⁴² instruction, and castest⁴³ my words behind thee. [18] When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst⁴⁴ with him, and hast been partaker⁴⁵⁴⁶ with adulterers. [19] Thou givest⁴⁷ thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue⁴⁸ frameth deceit. [20] Thou sittest [and] speakest⁴⁹ against thy brother; thou slanderest⁵⁰ thine own⁵¹ mother’s son. [21] These [things] hast thou done, and I kept⁵² silence; thou thoughtest⁵³ that I was altogether [such an one] as thyself⁵⁴: [but] I will⁵⁵ reprove thee, and set⁵⁶ [them] in order before thine eyes. [22] Now consider⁵⁷ this, ye that forget⁵⁸ God, lest I tear⁵⁹ [you] in pieces, and [there be] none⁶⁰ to deliver. [23] Whoso⁶¹ offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him⁶² that ordereth [his] conversation⁶³ [aright] will I shew the salvation⁶⁴ of God.