49 Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,

² both low and high, rich and poor together.

³ My mouth shall speak of wisdom, and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.

⁴ I will incline mine ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying upon the harp.

⁵ Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity at my heels shall compass me about?

⁶ They that trust in their wealth and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches,

⁷ none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him

⁸ (for the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever),

⁹ that they should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

¹⁰ For he seeth that wise men die; likewise the fool and the brutish person perish and leave their wealth to others.

¹¹ Their inward thought is that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

¹² Nevertheless man, though he be in honor, abideth not; he is like the beasts that perish.

¹³ This their way is their folly, yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah

¹⁴ Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them, and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, and their beauty shall be consumed in the grave away from their dwelling.

¹⁵ But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, for He shall receive me. Selah

¹⁶ Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased.

¹⁷ For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; his glory shall not descend after him.

¹⁸ Though while he lived he blessed his soul (and men will praise thee when thou doest well for thyself),

¹⁹ he shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

²⁰ Man, though he is in honor but understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

50 The Mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

² Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

³ Our God shall come and shall not keep silence; a devouring fire shall go before Him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about Him.

⁴ He shall call to the heavens from above and to the earth, that He may judge His people:

⁵ “Gather My saints together unto Me, those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

⁶ And the heavens shall declare His righteousness, for God Himself is judge. Selah

⁷ “Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.

⁸ I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before Me.

⁹ I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor hegoats out of thy folds.

¹⁰ For every beast of the forest is Mine and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

¹¹ I know all the fowls of the mountains, and the wild beasts of the field are Mine.

¹² If I were hungry I would not tell thee, for the world is Mine and the fullness thereof.

¹³ Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

¹⁴ “Offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay thy vows unto the Most High,

¹⁵ and call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me.”

¹⁶ But unto the wicked God saith: “What hast thou to do to declare My statutes, or that thou shouldest take My covenant in thy mouth,

¹⁷ seeing thou hatest instruction and castest My words behind thee?

¹⁸ When thou sawest a thief, then thou consented with him, and thou hast been partaker with adulterers.

¹⁹ Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

²⁰ Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

²¹ These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself. But I will reprove thee and set them in order before thine eyes.

²² “Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces and there be none to deliver:

²³ Whoso offereth praise glorifieth Me; and to him that ordereth his manner of living aright, I will show the salvation of God.”

51 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness; according unto the multitude of Thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.

² Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

³ For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.

⁴ Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned and done this evil in Thy sight, that Thou mightest be justified when Thou speakest, and be clear when Thou judgest.

⁵ Behold, I was shaped in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

⁶ Behold, Thou desirest truth in my inward parts; in the hidden part Thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

⁷ Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

⁸ Make me to hear joy and gladness, that the bones which Thou hast broken may rejoice.

⁹ Hide Thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

¹⁰ Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

¹¹ Cast me not away from Thy presence, and take not Thy holy Spirit from me.

¹² Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation, and uphold me with Thy free Spirit.

¹³ Then will I teach transgressors Thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto Thee.

¹⁴ Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, Thou God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of Thy righteousness.

¹⁵ O Lord, open Thou my lips, and my mouth shall show forth Thy praise.

¹⁶ For Thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it; Thou delightest not in burnt offering.

¹⁷ The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise.

¹⁸ Do good in Thy good pleasure unto Zion; build Thou the walls of Jerusalem.

¹⁹ Then shalt Thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering; then shall they offer bullocks upon Thine altar.