(A)He shall call to the heavens from above,
And to the earth, that He may judge His people:
“Gather (B)My saints together to Me,
(C)Those who have [a]made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
Let the (D)heavens declare His righteousness,
For (E)God Himself is Judge. Selah

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  1. Psalm 50:5 Lit. cut


He summons the heavens above,
And the earth, to judge His people:

“Gather My godly ones to Me,
Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

And the heavens declare His righteousness,
For God Himself is judge. Selah.

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He summons the heavens above,
    and the earth,(A) that he may judge his people:(B)
“Gather to me this consecrated people,(C)
    who made a covenant(D) with me by sacrifice.”
And the heavens proclaim(E) his righteousness,
    for he is a God of justice.[a][b](F)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 50:6 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text for God himself is judge
  2. Psalm 50:6 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

4-5 He summons heaven and earth as a jury,
    he’s taking his people to court:
“Round up my saints who swore
    on the Bible their loyalty to me.”

The whole cosmos attests to the fairness of this court,
    that here God is judge.

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