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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Psalm 50 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/50.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/50-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</a> > Psalm 50</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/49.htm" title="Psalm 49">◄</a> Psalm 50 <a href="../psalms/51.htm" title="Psalm 51">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/psalms/50.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="psalmhdg">Psalm 50</p><p class="hebrewtitle">A psalm of Asaph.</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/50-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The Mighty One, God, the <span class="name">Lord</span>,</p><p class="line2">speaks and summons the earth</p><p class="line2">from the rising of the sun to where it sets.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/50-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>From Zion, perfect in beauty,</p><p class="line2">God shines forth.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/50-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Our God comes</p><p class="line2">and will not be silent;</p><p class="line1">a fire devours before him,</p><p class="line2">and around him a tempest rages.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/50-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>He summons the heavens above,</p><p class="line2">and the earth, that he may judge his people:</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/50-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Gather to me this consecrated people,</p><p class="line2">who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/50-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And the heavens proclaim his righteousness,</p><p class="line2">for he is a God of justice. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text for God himself is judge">a</a>, </sup></span> <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.">b</a></sup></span> </p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/50-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Listen, my people, and I will speak;</p><p class="line2">I will testify against you, Israel:</p><p class="line2">I am God, your God.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/50-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I bring no charges against you concerning your sacrifices</p><p class="line2">or concerning your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/50-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I have no need of a bull from your stall</p><p class="line2">or of goats from your pens,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/50-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>for every animal of the forest is mine,</p><p class="line2">and the cattle on a thousand hills.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/50-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I know every bird in the mountains,</p><p class="line2">and the insects in the fields are mine.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/50-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>If I were hungry I would not tell you,</p><p class="line2">for the world is mine, and all that is in it.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/50-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Do I eat the flesh of bulls</p><p class="line2">or drink the blood of goats?</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/50-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“Sacrifice thank offerings to God,</p><p class="line2">fulfill your vows to the Most High,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/50-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and call on me in the day of trouble;</p><p class="line2">I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”</p></div> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/50-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>But to the wicked person, God says:</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“What right have you to recite my laws</p><p class="line2">or take my covenant on your lips?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/50-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>You hate my instruction</p><p class="line2">and cast my words behind you.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/50-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>When you see a thief, you join with him;</p><p class="line2">you throw in your lot with adulterers.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/50-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>You use your mouth for evil</p><p class="line2">and harness your tongue to deceit.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/50-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>You sit and testify against your brother</p><p class="line2">and slander your own mother’s son.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/50-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>When you did these things and I kept silent,</p><p class="line2">you thought I was exactly <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or thought the 'I AM' was">c</a></sup></span> like you.</p><p class="line1">But I now arraign you</p><p class="line2">and set my accusations before you.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/50-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“Consider this, you who forget God,</p><p class="line2">or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/50-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me,</p><p class="line2">and to the blameless <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; the meaning of the Masoretic Text for this phrase is uncertain.">d</a></sup></span> I will show my salvation.”</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotebot">With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text <i>for God himself is judge</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotebot">The Hebrew has <i>Selah</i> (a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>thought the ‘I <span class="name">am</span>’ was</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">23</span> <span class="footnotebot">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; the meaning of the Masoretic Text for this phrase is uncertain.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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