Psalms 50
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
1Unto the end, a psalm of David,
2From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
2When Nathan the prophet came to him after he had sinned with Bethsabee.
3Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
3Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy. And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my iniquity.
4He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
4Wash me yet more from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
5“Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
5For I know my iniquity, and my sin is always before me.
6And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
6To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee: that thou mayst be justified in thy words and mayst overcome when thou art judged.
7“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
7For behold I was conceived in iniquities; and in sins did my mother conceive me.
8I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
8For behold thou hast loved truth: the uncertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me.
9I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
9Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.
10for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.
10To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.
11I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
11Turn away thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
12Create a clean heart in me, O God: and renew a right spirit within my bowels.
13Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
13Cast me not away from thy face; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
14Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
14Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and strengthen me with a perfect spirit.
15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
15I will teach the unjust thy ways: and the wicked shall be converted to thee.
16To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
16Deliver me from blood, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall extol thy justice.
17For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
17O Lord, thou wilt open my lips: and my mouth shall declare thy praise.
18When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
18For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted.
19You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.
19A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
20You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
20Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good will with Sion; that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.
21You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
21Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations and whole burnt offerings: then shall they lay calves upon thy altar.
22Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
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23He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
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