# Psalms 50.6 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 4. He calleth to the heavens 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 is judge himself. Selah** > > 7. Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, even thy God. 8. I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt-offerings are continually before me. (Psalms 50:4-8, ASV) **WEB** ([[WEB) > 4. He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people: 5. “Gather my saints together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.” > > **6. The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah.** > > 7. “Hear, my people, and I will speak; Israel, and I will testify against you. I am God, your God. 8. I don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me. (Psalms 50:4-8, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 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 is judge himself. 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. (Psalms 50:4-8, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 4. He doth call unto the heavens from above, And unto the earth, to judge His people. 5. Gather ye to Me My saints, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice. > > **6. And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself [is] judge. Selah.** > > 7. Hear, O My people, and I speak, O Israel, and I testify against thee, God, thy God [am] I. 8. Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings [Are] before Me continually. (Psalms 50:4-8, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Concepts:** - [Eschatology](/codex/eschatology/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.