Psalms 50:1 (BSB)
A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.

Psalms 50:2 (BSB)
From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.

Psalms 50:3 (BSB)
Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.

Psalms 50:4 (BSB)
He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:

Psalms 50:5 (BSB)
“Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

Psalms 50:6 (BSB)
And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah

Psalms 50:7 (BSB)
“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.

Psalms 50:8 (BSB)
I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.

Psalms 50:9 (BSB)
I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,

Psalms 50:10 (BSB)
for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills.

Psalms 50:11 (BSB)
I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.

Psalms 50:12 (BSB)
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.

Psalms 50:13 (BSB)
Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

Psalms 50:14 (BSB)
Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.

Psalms 50:15 (BSB)
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

Psalms 50:16 (BSB)
To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?

Psalms 50:17 (BSB)
For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

Psalms 50:18 (BSB)
When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.

Psalms 50:19 (BSB)
You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.

Psalms 50:20 (BSB)
You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.

Psalms 50:21 (BSB)
You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.

Psalms 50:22 (BSB)
Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:

Psalms 50:23 (BSB)
He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
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