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Psalms 50

¹The Almighty God, the LORD, speaks; he calls to the whole earth from east to west.

²God shines from Zion, the city perfect in its beauty.

³Our God is coming, but not in silence; a raging fire is in front of him, a furious storm around him.

⁴He calls heaven and earth as witnesses to see him judge his people.

⁵He says, "Gather my faithful people to me, those who made a covenant with me by offering a sacrifice."

⁶The heavens proclaim that God is righteous, that he himself is judge.

⁷"Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel. I am God, your God.

⁸I do not reprimand you because of your sacrifices and the burnt offerings you always bring me.

⁹And yet I do not need bulls from your farms or goats from your flocks;

¹⁰all the animals in the forest are mine and the cattle on thousands of hills.

¹¹All the wild birds are mine and all living things in the fields.

¹²"If I were hungry, I would not ask you for food, for the world and everything in it is mine.

¹³Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?

¹⁴Let the giving of thanks be your sacrifice to God, and give the Almighty all that you promised.

¹⁵Call to me when trouble comes; I will save you, and you will praise me."

¹⁶But God says to the wicked, "Why should you recite my commandments? Why should you talk about my covenant?

¹⁷You refuse to let me correct you; you reject my commands.

¹⁸You become the friend of every thief you see, and you associate with adulterers.

¹⁹"You are always ready to speak evil; you never hesitate to tell lies.

²⁰You are ready to accuse your own relatives and to find fault with them.

²¹You have done all this, and I have said nothing, so you thought that I am like you. But now I reprimand you and make the matter plain to you.

²²"Listen to this, you that ignore me, or I will destroy you, and there will be no one to save you.

²³Giving thanks is the sacrifice that honors me, and I will surely save all who obey me."