The Tanakh · JPS 1917 Translation

Psalms 50

Jewish Publication Society 1917 · Ketuvim — the Writings

Psalms chapter 50 — part of the Ketuvim — the Writings in the Jewish Bible. In the classic JPS 1917 translation it opens: “A Psalm of Asaph. G-d, G-d, HaShem, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.” — the complete text of all 23 verses is below, free to read online.

1A Psalm of Asaph. G-d, G-d, HaShem, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, G-d hath shined forth.

3Our G-d cometh, and doth not keep silence; a fire devoureth before Him, and round about Him it stormeth mightily.

4He calleth to the heavens 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.'

6And the heavens declare His righteousness; for G-d, He is judge. Selah

7'Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: G-d, thy G-d, am I.

8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; and thy burnt-offerings are continually before Me.

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

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

11I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are Mine.

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

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

14Offer unto G-d the sacrifice of thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the Most High;

15And call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt honour Me.'

16But unto the wicked G-d saith: 'What hast thou to do to declare My statutes, and that thou hast taken My covenant in thy mouth?

17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest My words behind thee.

18When thou sawest a thief, thou hadst company with him, and with adulterers was thy portion.

19Thou hast let loose thy mouth for evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

21These things hast thou done, and should I have kept silence? Thou hadst thought that I was altogether such a one as thyself; but I will reprove thee, and set the cause before thine eyes.

22Now consider this, ye that forget G-d, lest I tear in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

23Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving honoureth Me; and to him that ordereth his way aright will I show the salvation of G-d.'

23 verses · JPS 1917 (public domain)

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