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