Psalm Asaph, 49

1 The God of gods, the Lord, spoke, and called the earth from the east of the sun to the west. 2 From Zion is the splendor of His beauty. 3 God will come manifestly, our God, and will not be silent: fire will burn before him, and a storm is round about him. 4 Heaven will call on high, and His people will judge the earth. 5 Gather unto him His saints, who bequeath His covenant concerning sacrifices. 6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God is the judge. 7 Hear, my people, and I will speak unto you, O Israel, and I will testify unto thee, I am God thy God. 8 Not of thy sacrifices will I rebuke thee, but thy burnt offerings before me are the same. 9 I will not receive bullocks from thy house, nor goats from thy flocks. 10 For mine are all the beasts of the oak forest, the cattle of the mountains, and the oxen. 11 I know all the birds of the air, and the beauty of the country is with me. 12 If I hunger, I will not give thee a river: for mine is the world, and the fulfillment thereof. 13 Shall I eat the pit of yunch's flesh or drink the blood of goats? 14 Devour the sacrifice of praise to the Gods, and render thy prayers unto the Most High. 15 And call upon Me in the day of thy trouble, and punish Thee, and glorify Me. 16 And God saith unto the sinner, Wherefore hast thou made known my righteousness, and hast received my covenant with thy mouth? 17 But thou hast hated chastisement, and hast turned back my word. 18 If thou didst see a thief, thou didst flow with him, and thou didst take part in thy adulterer. 19 Thy mouth hath multiplied malice, and thy tongue hath woven flattery. 20 And when thou didst sit down, thou didst slander thy brother, and thou didst stumble upon thy mother's son. 21 Thou hast done this, and hast kept silent, hast despised iniquity, for I shall be like unto thee. I will rebuke thee, and set thy sins before thee. 22 Understand this, ye that forget God, lest He steal away, and deliver not. 23 The sacrifice of praise shall glorify me, and there is the way, wherein I will shew him my salvation.

At the end, a psalm to David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, 2 when he came to Bathsheba the wife of Uriah, 50

3 Have mercy on me, O God, according to the commands of Thy mercy, and according to the multitude of Thy mercies, cleanse my iniquity. 4 Wash me from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 5 For I know my iniquity, and my sin is before me. 6 Unto Thee alone have I sinned, and done evil before Thee, that Thou mayest be justified in Thy words, and overcome, when Thou shalt judge Thee. 7 For behold, in iniquity I was conceived, and in sins my mother bore me. 8 For behold, Thou hast loved the truth, Thou hast shewed me the unknown and secret wisdom of Thy wisdom. 9 Sprinkle me with hyssop, and I will be cleansed, wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. 10 Give joy and gladness to my ears, the humble bones shall rejoice. 11 Turn away thy face from my sins, and cleanse all my iniquities. 12 Build up a pure heart in me, O God, and renew the spirit of righteousness in my womb. 13 Cast me not away from thy presence, neither take away thy Holy Spirit from me. 14 Give me the joy of thy salvation, and strengthen me by the Spirit of the Lord. 15 I will teach the wicked in thy way, and the wicked shall turn unto thee. 16 Deliver me from blood, O God, God of my salvation: my tongue shall rejoice in thy righteousness. 17 O Lord, open my mouth, and my mouth shall declare thy praise. 18 For if thou wouldst desire sacrifices, thou wouldst give them, thou didst not delight in burnt offerings. 19 Sacrifice to God, the spirit is broken, the heart is broken, and God will not despise. 20 O Lord, please Zion with Thy good pleasure, and let the walls of Jerusalem be built. 21 then thou shalt be pleased with the sacrifice of righteousness, the offering, and the burnt offering: then shall the bullocks be laid upon thy altar.

Glory:

At the end of David's understanding, 2 when Doic of Edom came, and told Saul, and said to him, David came to the house of Abimelech, 51

3 Why do you boast in wickedness, O mighty one? Lawlessness all day. 4 Thy tongue hath devised iniquity, as thou hast wrought flattery with a razor. 5 Thou hast loved malice more than goodness, and thou hast spoken falsehood rather than speak righteousness. 6 Thou hast loved all the words of the flood, Thou hast flattered thy tongue. 7 For this reason God will destroy thee utterly, and will exalt thee, and will bring thee away from thy dwelling, and thy root from the land of the living. 8 And they shall see righteousness, and shall be afraid, and they shall laugh at him, and say, 9 This is a man, who hath not put God as his helper, but trusteth in the abundance of his riches, and is enabled by his vanity. 10 And as the olive tree is fruitful in the house of God, trusting in the mercy of God for ever and ever. 11 We shall worship Thee for ever, as Thou hast created, and I endure Thy name, as good in the sight of Thy saints.