The Mighty One, God , the Lord, speaks and calls the earth
from the rising of the sun to its setting.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.
Our God comes and does not keep silence; a fire devours Him,
and round about Him a mighty tempest rages.
He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that He may judge His people.
Gather together to Me My saints, those who have found grace in My sight,
who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.
And the heavens declare His righteousness, rightness, and justice.
Selah, pause, and calmly think of that!
Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify to you
and against you: I am God, your God.
I do not reprove you for your sacrifices; your burnt offerings
are continually before Me.
I will accept no bull from your house nor he-goat out of your folds.
For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills
or upon the mountains where thousands are.
I know and am acquainted with all the birds of the mountains,
the wild animals of the field are Mine and are with Me, in my mind.
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are Mine.
Shall I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High,
And call on Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you,
and you shall honor and glorify Me.
But to the wicked, God says: "What right have you to recite My statutes
or take My covenant or pledge on your lips, seeing that you hate instruction
and correction and cast My words behind you?"
When you see a thief you associate with him, and you have taken part with adulterers.
You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
These things you have done and I kept silent; you thought I was once
entirely like you. But now I will reprove you and put the charge in
order before your eyes.
Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces,
and there shall be none to deliver.
He who brings an offering or praise and thanksgiving honors and glorifies Me;
and he who orders his way aright, who prepares the way that I may show him,
to him I will demonstrate the salvation of God.
Psalm 50
A Psalm of Asaph
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