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Psalms 50

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Psalm 50
A psalm of Asaph.
1From the rising of the sun to where it sets,
God, the LORD God, speaks,
calling out to the earth.
2From Zion, perfect in beauty,
God shines brightly.
3Our God is coming;
he won’t keep quiet.
A devouring fire is before him;
a storm rages all around him.
4God calls out to the skies above
and to the earth in order to judge his people:
5“Bring my faithful to me,
those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
6The skies proclaim his righteousness
because God himself is the judge. Selah
7“Listen, my people, I will now speak;
Israel, I will now testify against you.
I am God—your God!
8I’m not punishing you for your sacrifices
or for your entirely burned offerings,
which are always before me.
9I won’t accept bulls from your house
or goats from your corrals
10because every forest animal already belongs to me,
as do the cattle on a thousand hills.
11I know every mountain bird;
even the insects in the fields are mine.
12Even if I were hungry, I wouldn’t tell you
because the whole world and everything in it already belong to me.
13Do I eat bulls’ meat?
Do I drink goats’ blood?
14Offer God a sacrifice of thanksgiving!
Fulfill the promises you made to the Most High!
15Cry out to me whenever you are in trouble;
I will deliver you, then you will honor me.”
16But to the wicked God says,
“Why do you talk about my laws?
Why do you even mention my covenant?
17You hate discipline, and
you toss my words behind your back.
18You make friends with thieves whenever you see one;
you spend your time with adulterers.
19You set your mouth free to do evil,
then harness your tongue to tell lies.
20You sit around, talking about your own siblings;
you find fault with the children of your very own mother.
21You’ve done these things and I’ve kept quiet.
You thought I was just like you!
But now I’m punishing you;
I’m laying it all out, right in front of your face.
22So consider this carefully, all you who forget God,
or I’ll rip you to pieces with no one to deliver you:
23The one who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving is the one who honors me.
And it is to the one who charts the correct path that I will show divine salvation.”

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