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Psalms 50
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1For the end, a Psalm of David,
1The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
2when Nathan the prophet came to him, when he had gone in to Bersabee.
2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
3Have mercy upon me, O God , according to thy great mercy; and according to the multitude of thy compassions blot out my transgression.
3Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
4Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
4He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
5For I am conscious of mine iniquity; and my sin is continually before me.
5Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
6Against thee only have I sinned, and done evil before thee: that thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
7For, behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins did my mother conceive me.
7Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
8For, behold, thou lovest truth: thou hast manifested to me the secret and hidden things of thy wisdom.
8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
9Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be purified: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.
9I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
10Thou shalt cause me to hear gladness and joy: the afflicted bones shall rejoice.
10For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11Turn away thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.
11I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
12Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit in my inward parts.
12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
13Cast me not away from thy presence; and remove not thy Holy Spirit from me.
13Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14Restore to me the joy of thy salvation: establish me with thy directing Spirit.
14Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
15[Then] will I teach transgressors thy ways; and ungodly men shall turn to thee.
15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall joyfully declare thy righteousness.
16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
17O Lord, thou shalt open my lips; and my mouth shall declare thy praise.
17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
18For if thou desiredst sacrifice, I would have given [it]: thou wilt not take pleasure in whole-burnt-offerings.
18When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
19Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit: a broken and humbled heart God will not despise.
19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
20Do good, O Lord, to Sion in thy good pleasure; and let the walls of Jerusalem be built.
20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.
21Then shalt thou be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, offering, and whole-burnt-sacrifices: then shall they offer calves upon thine altar.
21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.