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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 [from east to west].
50:2  Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone forth.
50:3  May our God come and not keep silent; Fire devours before Him, And around Him a mighty tempest rages.
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; Your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
50:9  “I will accept no young bull from your house Nor male goat from your folds.
50:10  “For every beast of the forest is Mine, And 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 and all it contains are Mine.
50:13  “Shall I eat the flesh of bulls Or drink the blood of male goats?
50:14  “Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving And pay your vows to the Most High;
50:15  Call on Me in the day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you shall honor and glorify Me.”
50:16  But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to recite My statutes Or to take My covenant on your lips?
50:17  “For you hate instruction and discipline And cast My words behind you [discarding them].
50:18  “When you see a thief, you are pleased with him and condone his behavior, And you associate with adulterers.
50:19  “You give your mouth to 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 silent; You thought that I was just like you. Now I will reprimand and denounce you and state the case in order before your eyes.
50:22  “Now consider this, you who forget God, Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to rescue [you].
50:23  “He who offers a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders his way rightly [who follows the way that I show him], I shall show the salvation of God.”