Psalm 50

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50The Almighty God, the LORD, speaks; he calls to the whole earth from east to west.H4210H623H410H430H3068H1696H7121H776H4217H8121H39962God shines from Zion, the city perfect in its beauty.H6726H4359H3308H430H33133Our God is coming, but not in silence; a raging fire is in front of him, a furious storm around him.H430H935H2790H784H398H6440H3966H8175H54394He calls heaven and earth as witnesses to see him judge his people.H7121H8064H5920H776H1777H59715He says, "Gather my faithful people to me, those who made a covenant with me by offering a sacrifice."H622H2623H3772H1285H20776The heavens proclaim that God is righteous, that he himself is judge.H8064H5046H6664H430H8199H55427"Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel. I am God, your God.H8085H5971H1696H3478H5749H430H4308I do not reprimand you because of your sacrifices and the burnt offerings you always bring me.H3198H2077H5930H85489And yet I do not need bulls from your farms or goats from your flocks;H3947H6499H1004H6260H435610all the animals in the forest are mine and the cattle on thousands of hills.H2416H3293H929H505H204211All the wild birds are mine and all living things in the fields.H3045H5775H2022H2123H7704H597812"If I were hungry, I would not ask you for food, for the world and everything in it is mine.H7456H559H8398H439313Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?H398H1320H47H8354H1818H626014Let the giving of thanks be your sacrifice to God, and give the Almighty all that you promised.H2076H430H8426H7999H5088H594515Call to me when trouble comes; I will save you, and you will praise me."H7121H3117H6869H2502H351316But God says to the wicked, "Why should you recite my commandments? Why should you talk about my covenant?H7563H430H559H5608H2706H5375H1285H631017You refuse to let me correct you; you reject my commands.H8130H4148H7993H1697H31018You become the friend of every thief you see, and you associate with adulterers.H7200H1590H7521H2506H500319"You are always ready to speak evil; you never hesitate to tell lies.H7971H6310H7451H3956H6775H482020You are ready to accuse your own relatives and to find fault with them.H3427H1696H251H5414H1848H517H112121You 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.H6213H2790H1819H1961H3198H6186H586922"Listen to this, you that ignore me, or I will destroy you, and there will be no one to save you.H995H7911H433H2963H533723Giving thanks is the sacrifice that honors me, and I will surely save all who obey me."H2076H8426H3513H7760H1870H7200H3468H430