Psalm 50:1-Psalm 51:1 - God As Judge

¹ A psalm of Asaph.Yahweh, the God of gods speaks;
He summons the earth from east to west.
² From Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God appears in radiance.
³ Our God is coming; He will not be silent!
Devouring fire precedes Him,
and a storm rages around Him.
⁴ On high, He summons heaven and earth
in order to judge His people.
⁵ “Gather My faithful ones to Me,
those who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
⁶ The heavens proclaim His righteousness,
for God is the Judge.Selah

⁷ “Listen, My people, and I will speak;
I will testify against you, Israel.
I am God, your God.
⁸ I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices
or for your burnt offerings,
which are continually before Me.
⁹ I will not accept a bull from your household
or male goats from your pens,
¹⁰ for every animal of the forest is Mine,
the cattle on a thousand hills.
¹¹ I know every bird of the mountains,
and the creatures of the field are Mine.
¹² If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world and everything in it is Mine.
¹³ Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?
¹⁴ Sacrifice a thank offering to God,
and pay your vows to the Most High.
¹⁵ Call on Me in a day of trouble;
I will rescue you, and you will honor Me.”

¹⁶ But God says to the wicked:
“What right do you have to recite My statutes
and to take My covenant on your lips?
¹⁷ You hate instruction
and turn your back on My words.
¹⁸ When you see a thief,
you make friends with him,
and you associate with adulterers.
¹⁹ You unleash your mouth for evil
and harness your tongue for deceit.
²⁰ You sit, maligning your brother,
slandering your mother’s son.
²¹ You have done these things, and I kept silent;
you thought I was just like you.
But I will rebuke you
and lay out the case before you.

²² “Understand this, you who forget God,
or I will tear you apart,
and there will be no one to rescue you.
²³ Whoever sacrifices a thank offering honors Me,
and whoever orders his conduct,
I will show him the salvation of God.”

¹ For the choir director. A Davidic psalm, when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had gone to Bathsheba.Be gracious to me, God,
according to Your faithful love;
according to Your abundant compassion,
blot out my rebellion.