Psalms 50

mizmor le'asaf el elohim Adonai dibber vayyiqra-arets mimmizrakh-shemesh ad-mevo'o

A psalm of Asaph. God, the ETERNAL God, spoke and summoned the world from east to west.

mitsiyyon mikhlal-yofi elohim hofia

From Zion, perfect in beauty, God appeared

yavo elohenu ve'al-yekherash esh-lefanayw tokhel usevivayw nisarah me'od

—let our God come and not fail to act! [God] was preceded by devouring fire, with a fierce storm all around.

yiqra el-hashamayim me'al ve'el-ha'arets ladin ammo

The heavens above were summoned, and the earth, for the trial of God’s people.

isfu-li khasiday korete veriti ale-zavakh

“Bring in My devotees, who made a covenant with Me over sacrifice!”

vayyaggidu shamayim tsidqo ki-elohim shofet hu selah

Then the heavens proclaimed God’s righteousness, for this is a God who judges. Selah.

shimah ammi va'adabberah yisra'el ve'a'idah bakh elohim elohekha anokhi

“Pay heed, My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will arraign you. I am God, your God.

lo al-zevakhekha okhikhekha ve'olotekha lenegdi tamid

I censure you not for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings, made to Me daily;

lo-eqqakh mibbetekha far mimmikhle'otekha attudim

I claim no bull from your estate, no he-goats from your pens.

ki-li khol-khayto-ya'ar behemot beharre-alef

For Mine is every animal of the forest, the beasts on a thousand mountains.

yadati kol-of harim veziz saday immadi

I know every bird of the mountains, the creatures of the field are subject to Me.

im-erav lo-omar lakh ki-li tevel umelo'ah

Were I hungry, I would not tell you, for Mine is the world and all it holds.

ha'okhal besar abbirim vedam attudim eshteh

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

zevakh lelohim todah veshallem le'elyon nedarekha

Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and pay your vows to the Most High.

uqera'eni beyom tsarah akhalletskha utekhabbedeni

Call upon Me in time of trouble; I will rescue you, and you shall honor Me.”

velarasha amar elohim mah-llekha lesapper khuqqay vattissa veriti ale-fikha

And to the wicked, God said: “Who are you to recite My laws, and mouth the terms of My covenant,

ve'attah saneta musar vattashlekh devaray akharekha

seeing that you spurn My discipline, and brush My words aside?

im-ra'ita gannav vattirets immo ve'im mena'afim khelqekha

You fall in with a thief when you see one, and throw in your lot with adulterers;

pikha shalakhta vera'ah uleshonekha tatsmid mirmah

you devote your mouth to evil, and yoke your tongue to deceit;

teshev be'akhikha tedabber beven-immekha titten-dofi

you are busy maligning your kin, defaming the child of your mother.

elleh asita vehekherashti dimmita heyot-ehyeh khamokha okhikhakha ve'e'erkhah le'enekha

If I failed to act when you did these things, you would fancy that I was like you; so I censure you and confront you with charges.

binu-na zot shokhekhe eloah pen-etrof ve'en matsil

Mark this, you who are unmindful of God, lest I tear you apart and no one save you.

zoveakh todah yekhabbedaneni vesam derekh arennu beyesha elohim

Whoever sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to one who sets out on the proper way I will show the salvation of God.”