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.1God, the LORD, has spoken. He has summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting place.
2From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God appears in radiance.2From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined forth.
3Our God is coming; he will not be silent! Devouring fire precedes him, and a storm rages around him.3Our God has appeared and he has not been silent; a devouring fire blazed before him, and a mighty storm swirled around him.
4On high, he summons heaven and earth in order to judge his people:4He summoned the heavens above and the earth below, to sit in judgment on his people.
5"Gather my faithful ones to me, those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice."5"Assemble before me, my saints, who have entered into my covenant by sacrifice."
6The heavens proclaim his righteousness, for God is the Judge. Selah6The heavens revealed his justice, for God is himself the judge. Interlude
7"Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel. I am God, your God.7"Listen, my people, for I am making a pronouncement: Israel, I, God, your God, am testifying against you.
8I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices or for your burnt offerings, which are continually before me.8I do not rebuke you because of your sacrifices; indeed, your burnt offerings are continuously before me.
9I will not take a bull from your household or male goats from your pens,9I will no longer accept a sacrificial bull from your household; nor goats from your pens.
10for every animal of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.10Indeed, every animal of the forest is mine, even the cattle on a thousand hills.
11I know every bird of the mountains, and the creatures of the field are mine.11I know all the birds in the mountains; indeed, everything that moves in the field is mine.
12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and everything in it is mine.12"If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world is mine along with everything in it.
13Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?13Why should I eat the flesh of oxen or drink the blood of goats?
14Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and pay your vows to the Most High.14Offer to God a thanksgiving praise; pay your vows to the Most High.
15Call on me in a day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will honor me."15Call on me in the day of distress; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me."
16But God says to the wicked: "What right do you have to recite my statutes and to take my covenant on your lips?16As for the wicked, God says, "How dare you recite my statutes or speak about my covenant with your lips!
17You hate instruction and fling my words behind you.17You hate instruction and toss 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 you keep company with adulterers.
19You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue for deceit.19You give your mouth free reign for evil, and your tongue devises deceit.
20You sit, maligning your brother, slandering your mother's son.20You sit and speak against 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.21These things you did, and I kept silent, because you assumed that I was like you. But now I am going to rebuke you, and I will set forth my case before your very own eyes."
22"Understand this, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart, and there will be no one to rescue you.22Consider this, you who have forgotten God— Otherwise, I will tear you in pieces and there will be no deliverer:
23Whoever sacrifices a thank offering honors me, and whoever orders his conduct, I will show him the salvation of God."23Whoever offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and I will reveal the salvation of God to whomever continues in my way."
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