Psalms 50
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
World English Bible
1Unto the end, a psalm of David,
1The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.
2When Nathan the prophet came to him after he had sinned with Bethsabee.
2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines out.
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 comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.
4Wash me yet more from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
4He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people:
5For I know my iniquity, and my sin is always before me.
5“Gather my saints together to me, those who have 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.
6The heavens shall declare 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, my people, and I will speak. Israel, 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 don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually 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, nor male goats from your pens.
10To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.
10For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills.
11Turn away thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
11I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals 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 all that is in it.
13Cast me not away from thy face; and take not thy holy spirit from me.
13Will I eat the meat of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and strengthen me with a perfect spirit.
14Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.
15I will teach the unjust thy ways: and the wicked shall be converted to thee.
15Call on 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.
16But to the wicked God says, “What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,
17O Lord, thou wilt open my lips: and my mouth shall declare thy praise.
17since you hate instruction, and throw 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 saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.
19A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
19“You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.
20Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good will with Sion; that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.
20You sit and speak against 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 that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.
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22“Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.
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23Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.”
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