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50:1 [A Psalm of Asaph]. The Mighty One, God, the LORD, has spoken, And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. 50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone forth. 50:3 May our God come and not keep silence; Fire devours before Him, And it is very tempestuous around Him. 50:4 He summons the heavens above, And the earth, to judge His people: 50:5 "Gather My godly ones to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice." 50:6 And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge. Selah. 50:7 "Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you; I am God, your God. 50:8 "I do not reprove you for your sacrifices, And your burnt offerings are continually before Me. 50:9 "I shall take no young bull out of your house, Nor male goats out of your folds. 50:10 "For every beast of the forest is Mine, The cattle on a thousand hills. 50:11 "I know every bird of the mountains, And everything that moves in the field is Mine. 50:12 "If I were hungry, I would not tell you; For the world is Mine, and all it contains. 50:13 "Shall I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of male goats? 50:14 "Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, And pay your vows to the Most High; 50:15 And call upon Me in the day of trouble; I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me." 50:16 But to the wicked God says, "What right have you to tell of My statutes, And to take My covenant in your mouth? 50:17 "For you hate discipline, And you cast My words behind you. 50:18 "When you see a thief, you are pleased with him, And you associate with adulterers. 50:19 "You let your mouth loose in evil, And your tongue frames deceit. 50:20 "You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother's son. 50:21 "These things you have done, and I kept silence; You thought that I was just like you; I will reprove you, and state [the case] in order before your eyes. 50:22 "Now consider this, you who forget God, Lest I tear [you] in pieces, and there be none to deliver. 50:23 "He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders [his] way [aright] I shall show the salvation of God."