Psalms 50 : 1 (HCSB)
[A psalm of Asaph.] God, the LORD God speaks; He summons the earth from east to west.
Psalms 50 : 2 (HCSB)
From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God appears in radiance.
Psalms 50 : 3 (HCSB)
Our God is coming; He will not be silent! Devouring fire precedes Him, and a storm rages around Him.
Psalms 50 : 4 (HCSB)
On high, He summons heaven and earth in order to judge His people.
Psalms 50 : 5 (HCSB)
"Gather My faithful ones to Me, those who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice."
Psalms 50 : 6 (HCSB)
The heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God is the judge. Selah
Psalms 50 : 7 (HCSB)
"Listen, My people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel. I am God, your God.
Psalms 50 : 8 (HCSB)
I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices or for your burnt offerings, which are continually before Me.
Psalms 50 : 9 (HCSB)
I will not accept a bull from your household or male goats from your pens,
Psalms 50 : 10 (HCSB)
for every animal of the forest is Mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
Psalms 50 : 11 (HCSB)
I know every bird of the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
Psalms 50 : 12 (HCSB)
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and everything in it is Mine.
Psalms 50 : 13 (HCSB)
Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
Psalms 50 : 14 (HCSB)
Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and pay your vows to the Most High.
Psalms 50 : 15 (HCSB)
Call on Me in a day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will honor Me."
Psalms 50 : 16 (HCSB)
But God says to the wicked: "What right do you have to recite My statutes and to take My covenant on your lips?
Psalms 50 : 17 (HCSB)
You hate instruction and turn your back on My words.
Psalms 50 : 18 (HCSB)
When you see a thief, you make friends with him, and you associate with adulterers.
Psalms 50 : 19 (HCSB)
You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue for deceit.
Psalms 50 : 20 (HCSB)
You sit, maligning your brother, slandering your mother's son.
Psalms 50 : 21 (HCSB)
You 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.
Psalms 50 : 22 (HCSB)
"Understand this, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart, and there will be no rescuer.
Psalms 50 : 23 (HCSB)
Whoever sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and whoever orders his conduct, I will show him the salvation of God."
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