49:1Hear this, all ye peoples; give ear, all inhabitants of the world:
49:2Both men of low and men of high degree, rich and poor alike.
49:3My mouth shall speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding:
49:4I will incline mine ear to a parable, I will open my riddle upon the harp.
49:5Wherefore should I fear in the days of adversity, when the iniquity of my supplanters encompasseth me? --
49:6They depend upon their wealth, and boast themselves in the abundance of their riches. ...
49:7None can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him,
49:8(For the redemption of their soul is costly, and must be given up for ever,)
49:9That he should still live perpetually, and not see corruption.
49:10For he seeth that wise men die; all alike, the fool and the brutish perish, and they leave their wealth to others.
49:11Their inward thought is, that their houses are for ever, their dwelling-places from generation to generation: they call the lands after their own names.
49:12Nevertheless, man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
49:13This their way is their folly, yet they that come after them delight in their sayings. Selah.
49:14Like sheep are they laid in Sheol: Death feedeth on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their comeliness shall be for Sheol to consume, that there be no habitation for them.
49:15But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol: for he will receive me. Selah.
49:16Be not afraid when a man becometh rich, when the glory of his house is increased:
49:17For when he dieth, he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him.
49:18Though he blessed his soul in his lifetime, -- and men will praise thee when thou doest well to thyself, --
49:19It shall go to the generation of his fathers: they shall never see light.
49:20Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.
50:0A Psalm. Of Asaph.
50:1*God, Elohim-Jehovah, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
50:2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.
50:3Our God will come, and will not keep silence: fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
50:4He will call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
50:5Gather unto me my godly ones, those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice!
50:6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God executeth judgment himself. Selah.
50:7Hear, my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, thy God.
50:8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, or thy burnt-offerings, continually before me;
50:9I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds:
50:10For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle upon a thousand hills;
50:11I know all the fowl of the mountains, and the roaming creatures of the field are mine:
50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
50:13Should I eat the flesh of bulls, and drink the blood of goats?
50:14Offer unto God thanksgiving, and perform thy vows unto the Most High;
50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
50:16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant into thy mouth,
50:17Seeing thou hast hated correction and hast cast my words behind thee?
50:18When thou sawest a thief, thou didst take pleasure in him, and thy portion was with adulterers;
50:19Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit;
50:20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother, thou revilest thine own mother's son:
50:21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
50:22Now consider this, ye that forget +God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be no deliverer.
50:23Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me; and to him that ordereth his way will I shew the salvation of God.
51:0To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.
51:1Be gracious unto me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness; according to the abundance of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
51:2Wash me fully from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
51:3For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is continually before me.
51:4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in thy sight; that thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, be clear when thou judgest.
51:5Behold, in iniquity was I brought forth, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
51:6Behold, thou wilt have truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.
51:7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
51:8Make me to hear gladness and joy; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
51:9Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
51:11Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not the spirit of thy holiness from me.
51:12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and let a willing spirit sustain me.
51:13I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall return unto thee.
51:14Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
51:15Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare thy praise.
51:16For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.
51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
51:18Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem.
51:19Then shalt thou have sacrifices of righteousness, burnt-offering, and whole burnt-offering; then shall they offer up bullocks upon thine altar.