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50:1  A psalm of Asaph. The Lord, the God of gods, has spoken and summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
50:2  From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
50:3  Our God is coming, and he will not be silent; he is preceded by a devouring fire, and a raging tempest surrounds him.
50:4  He summons the heavens above and the earth to judge his people:
50:5  “Gather before me my faithful servants who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
50:6  The heavens proclaim his saving justice, for God himself is the judge. Selah
50:7  “Listen, my people, and I will speak. O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
50:8  I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, for your burnt offerings are constantly before me.
50:9  “I will not accept a young bull from your homes or goats from your folds.
50:10  For all the living creatures of the forest are mine, animals by the thousands on my hills.
50:11  I know every bird of the air, and whatever moves in the fields belongs to me.
50:12  “If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that it holds.
50:13  Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
50:14  “Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
50:15  Then if you cry out to me in time of trouble, I will rescue you, and you will honor me.”
50:16  But to the wicked God says: “How can you recite my statutes or profess my covenant on your lips?
50:17  For you loathe my instruction and cast my words behind you.
50:18  “When you meet a thief, you join him; you revel in the company of adulterers.
50:19  You employ your mouth for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
50:20  “You willingly speak against your brother and slander the child of your own mother.
50:21  When you do such things, can I remain silent? Do you think that I am like you? I will correct you and set the charge before your face.
50:22  “Remember this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces and there be no one to rescue you.
50:23  He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors me; to him who follows my way I will show the salvation of God.”