Psalm 50
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1The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks; he summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.1A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
2From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God appears in radiance.2From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
3Our God is coming; he will not be silent! Devouring fire precedes him, and a storm rages around him.3Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
4On high, he summons heaven and earth in order to judge his people:4He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
5"Gather my faithful ones to me, those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice."5“Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
6The heavens proclaim his righteousness, for God is the Judge. Selah6And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
7"Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel. I am God, your God.7“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
8I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices or for your burnt offerings, which are continually before me.8I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
9I will not take a bull from your household or male goats from your pens,9I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
10for every animal of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.10for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills.
11I know every bird of the mountains, and the creatures of the field are mine.11I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and everything in it is mine.12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
13Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?13Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and pay your vows to the Most High.14Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
15Call on me in a day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will honor me."15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
16But God says to the wicked: "What right do you have to recite my statutes and to take my covenant on your lips?16To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
17You hate instruction and fling my words behind you.17For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
18When you see a thief, you make friends with him, and you associate with adulterers.18When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
19You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue for deceit.19You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.
20You sit, maligning your brother, slandering your mother's son.20You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
21You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But I will rebuke you and lay out the case before you.21You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
22"Understand this, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart, and there will be no one to rescue you.22Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
23Whoever sacrifices a thank offering honors me, and whoever orders his conduct, I will show him the salvation of God."23He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
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