Psalms 50
1 A psalm of Asaph. The God of gods, the LORD, has spoken and summoned the earth, from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2 From Zion, perfect in beauty, God has shone forth.
3 Our God comes and will not keep silent; before him a fire devours, and around him a great storm rages.
4 He summons the heavens above and the earth, to judge his people.
5 “Gather my faithful ones to me, those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah.
7 “Hear, my people, and I will speak; Israel, I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
8 I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices; your burnt offerings are always before me.
9 I will not accept a bull from your house, or goats from your pens.
10 For every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know every bird of the mountains, and all that moves in the field is mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and everything in it are mine.”
13 “Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
15 Call on me in the day of distress; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
16 But to the wicked God said: “What right do you have to recite my decrees or take my covenant on your lips?
17 You hate discipline and cast my words behind you.
18 When you see a thief, you run with him, and you keep company with adulterers.
19 You unleash your mouth for evil, and your tongue plots deceit.
20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your mother's son.
21 You have done these things, and I kept silent; so you thought I was just like you. But I will rebuke you and lay it all out before your eyes.
22 Understand this, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart, and there will be no one to rescue you.
23 Whoever offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors me; to the one who prepares the way, I will show the salvation of God.”
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