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