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50:1  A psalm of Asaph. The God of gods, the Lord, has spoken and summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
50:2  From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.
50:3  Our God comes and will not be silent! Devouring fire precedes him, it rages strongly around him.
50:4  He calls to the heavens above and to the earth to judge his people:
50:5  “Gather my loyal ones to me, those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
50:6  The heavens proclaim his righteousness, for God himself is the judge. Selah
50:7  “Listen, my people, I will speak; Israel, I will testify against you; God, your God, am I.
50:8  Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you, your burnt offerings are always before me.
50:9  I will not take a bullock from your house, or he-goats from your folds.
50:10  For every animal of the forest is mine, beasts by the thousands on my mountains.
50:11  I know every bird in the heights; whatever moves in the wild is mine.
50:12  Were I hungry, I would not tell you, for mine is the world and all that fills it.
50:13  Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of he-goats?
50:14  Offer praise as your sacrifice to God; fulfill your vows to the Most High.
50:15  Then call on me on the day of distress; I will rescue you, and you shall honor me.”
50:16  But to the wicked God says: “Why do you recite my commandments and profess my covenant with your mouth?
50:17  You hate discipline; you cast my words behind you!
50:18  If you see a thief, you run with him; with adulterers you throw in your lot.
50:19  You give your mouth free rein for evil; you yoke your tongue to deceit.
50:20  You sit and speak against your brother, slandering your mother’s son.
50:21  When you do these things should I be silent? Do you think that I am like you? I accuse you, I lay out the matter before your eyes.
50:22  “Now understand this, you who forget God, lest I start ripping apart and there be no rescuer.
50:23  Those who offer praise as a sacrifice honor me; I will let him whose way is steadfast look upon the salvation of God.”