Psalm 50

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Texts & translations

Vulgate

Latin text N.B. the numbering of this psalm is one fewer in the Vulgate;

49.1  canticum Asaph fortis Deus Dominus locutus est et vocavit terram ab ortu solis usque ad occasum eius

49.2  de Sion perfecta decore Deus apparuit

49.3  veniet Deus noster et non tacebit ignis coram eo vorabit et in circuitu eius tempestas valida

49.4  vocabit caelum desursum et terram ut iudicet populum suum

49.5  congregate mihi sanctos meos qui feriunt pactum meum in sacrificio

49.6  et adnuntiabunt caeli iustitiam eius quia Deus iudex est semper

49.7  audi popule meus et loquar Israhel et contestabor te Deus Deus tuus ego sum

49.8  non propter victimas tuas arguam te et holocaustomata tua coram me sunt semper

49.9  non accipiam de domo tua vitulum neque de gregibus tuis hircos

49.10  mea sunt enim omnia animalia silvarum pecudes in montibus milium

49.11  scio omnes aves montium et universitas agri mecum est

49.12  si esuriero non dicam tibi meus est enim orbis et plenitudo eius

49.13  numquid comedam carnem taurorum aut sanguinem hircorum bibam

49.14  immola Deo laudem et redde Altissimo vota tua

49.15  et invoca me in die tribulationis liberabo te et glorificabis me

49.16  impio autem dixit Deus quid tibi est cum narratione praeceptorum meorum et ut adsumas pactum meum in ore tuo

49.17  qui odisti disciplinam et proiecisti verba mea post te

49.18  si videbas furem consentiebas ei et cum adulteris erat pars tua

49.19  os tuum dimisisti ad malitiam et lingua tua concinnavit dolum

49.20  sedens adversum fratrem tuum loquebaris et adversum filium matris tuae fabricabaris obprobrium

49.21  haec fecisti et tacui existimasti futurum me similem tui arguam te et proponam te ante oculos tuos

49.22  intellegite hoc qui obliviscimini Deum ne forte capiam et non sit qui liberet

49.23  qui immolat confessionem glorificat me et qui ordinate ambulat ostendam ei salutare Dei

Church of England 1662 Book of Common Prayer

English text

1  THE Lord, even the most mighty God, hath spoken : and called the world, from the rising up of the sun unto the going down thereof.

2  Out of Sion hath God appeared : in perfect beauty.

3  Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence : there shall go before him a consuming fire, and a mighty tempest shall be stirred up round about him.

4  He shall call the heaven from above : and the earth, that he may judge his people.

5  Gather my saints together unto me : those that have made a covenant with me with sacrifice.

6  And the heavens shall declare his righteousness : for God is Judge himself.

7  Hear, O my people, and I will speak : I myself will testify against thee, O Israel; for I am God, even thy God.

8  I will not reprove thee because of thy sacrifices, or for thy burnt-offerings : because they were not alway before me.

9  I will take no bullock out of thine house : nor he-goat out of thy folds.

10  For all the beasts of the forest are mine : and so are the cattle upon a thousand hills.

11  I know all the fowls upon the mountains : and the wild beasts of the field are in my sight.

12  If I be hungry, I will not tell thee : for the whole world is mine, and all that is therein.

13  Thinkest thou that I will eat bulls' flesh : and drink the blood of goats?

14  Offer unto God thanksgiving : and pay thy vows unto the most Highest.

15  And call upon me in the time of trouble : so will I hear thee, and thou shalt praise me.

16  But unto the ungodly said God : Why dost thou preach my laws, and takest my covenant in thy mouth;

17  Whereas thou hatest to be reformed : and has cast my words behind thee?

18  When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst unto him : and hast been partaker with the adulterers.

19  Thou hast let thy mouth speak wickedness : and with thy tongue thou hast set forth deceit.

20  Thou satest, and spakest against thy brother : yea, and hast slandered thine own mother's son.

21  These things hast thou done, and I held my tongue, and thou thoughtest wickedly, that I am even such a one as thyself : but I will reprove thee, and set before thee the things that thou hast done.

22  O consider this, ye that forget God : lest I pluck you away, and there be none to deliver you.

23  Whoso offereth me thanks and praise, he honoureth me : and to him that ordereth his conversation right will I shew the salvation of God.

King James Version

English text

A Psalm of Asaph.

1  The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

2  Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

3  Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

4  He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

5  Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

7  Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.

8  I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

9  I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.

10  For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

11  I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

12  If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

13  Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

14  Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

1  And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

15  But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

16  Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

17  When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

18  Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

19  Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

20  These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

21  Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

22  Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

Old Version Metrical Psalter

English text by William Whittingham

1 The mighty God, th'Eternal hath thus spoke, And all the world. He will call and provoke! E'en from the east, and so forth to the west: Out of Zion, which place he liketh best, God will appear, in beauty most excellent, God will come before that long time be spent: 2 Devouring fire Shall go before his face, A tempest great shall round about him trace. Then shall he call the earth and heavens bright, To judge his folk with equity and right. Saying, Go to, and now my saints assemble; My pact they keep, their gifts do not dissemble. 3 The heav'ns they shall declare his righteousness For God is Judge of all things more and less Hear, my people, for I will now reveal; List, Israel, I'll from thee naught conceal: Thy God, the Lord and I, and will not blame thee For not giving all sorts of off'rings to me: 4 I have no need to take of thee at all Goats of thy fold, or calves out of thy stall. For all the beasts are mine within the woods, On thousand hills cattle are mine own goods; I know for mine all birds that are on mountains, All beasts mine are which haunt the fields and fountains. 5 Were I hungry I would not thee it tell; For all is mine that in the world doth dwell. Eat I the flesh of great bulls or bullocks! Or drink the blood of goats or of the flocks. Offer to God praise and hearty thanksgiving, And pay thy vows unto God ever living.

6 Call upon me when troubled thou shalt be; Then will I help, and thou shalt honor me. To the wicked thus saith th' eternal God, Why dost thou preach my words and laws abroad, Seeing thou hast them with thy mouth abused, And hat'st to be by discipline reduced! 7 My words, I say, thou dost reject and hate: If that thou seest a thief, as with thy mate, Thou runn'st with him, and so your prey seek out; And art all one with the adult'rous rout. Thou giv'st thyself to backbite and to slander, And how thy tongue deceiveth, is a wonder. 8 Thou sitt'st musing thy brother how to blame, And how to put thy mother's son to shame. These things thou didst, and while I held my tongue, Thou didst me judge, because I stayed so long, Like to thyself; yet though I kept long silence, Once shalt thou feel of thy wrongs just recompense. 9 Consider this, ye that forget the Lord, And fear not when he threat'neth with his word, Lest without help I spoil you as a prey: But he that thanks offers, praiseth alway, Saith the Lord God, and he that walketh this trace, I will him teach God's saving health t'embrace.