Chapter 50
Psalms
Verse 1The Mighty One, God the LORD,speaks and summons the earthfrom the rising of the sun to its setting.Verse 2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,God shines forth.Verse 3Our God comes; he does not keep silence;before him is a devouring fire,around him a mighty tempest.Verse 4He calls to the heavens aboveand to the earth, that he may judge his people:Verse 5“Gather to me my faithful ones,who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”Verse 6The heavens declare his righteousness,for God himself is judge! SelahVerse 7“Hear, O my people, and I will speak;O Israel, I will testify against you.I am God, your God.Verse 8Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you;your burnt offerings are continually before me.Verse 9I will not accept a bull from your houseor goats from your folds.Verse 10For every beast of the forest is mine,the cattle on a thousand hills.Verse 11I know all the birds of the hills,and all that moves in the field is mine.Verse 12“If I were hungry, I would not tell you,for the world and its fullness are mine.Verse 13Do I eat the flesh of bullsor drink the blood of goats?Verse 14Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,and perform your vows to the Most High,Verse 15and call upon me in the day of trouble;I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”Verse 16But to the wicked God says:“What right have you to recite my statutesor take my covenant on your lips?Verse 17For you hate discipline,and you cast my words behind you.Verse 18If you see a thief, you are pleased with him,and you keep company with adulterers.Verse 19“You give your mouth free rein for evil,and your tongue frames deceit.Verse 20You sit and speak against your brother;you slander your own mother’s son.Verse 21These things you have done, and I have been silent;you thought that I was one like yourself.But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.Verse 22“Mark this, then, you who forget God,lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver!Verse 23The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;to one who orders his way rightlyI will show the salvation of God!”
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