PsalmsPsalm 50 |
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1 THE God of gods, the LORD, has spoken and called the earth from the rising of the sun to the going down thereof. |
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2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined. |
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3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence; a fire shall consume before him, and it shall flame round about him greatly. |
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4 He shall call to the heavens from above and to the earth, that he may judge his people. |
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5 Gather unto him, O you, his saints, those that have made a covenant with him by sacrifice. |
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6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God himself is judge. |
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7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak to you; O Israel, I will testify to thee: I am God, even your God. |
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8 I reproved you not for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings; they are continually before me. |
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9 I will take no bullocks out of your house nor he-goats out of your folds. |
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10 For all the beasts of the forest are mine, and the cattle and the oxen upon the hills. |
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11 I know all the fowls of the air; and the wild beasts of the desert are mine. |
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12 If I were hungry, I should not tell you; for the world is mine and the fulness thereof. |
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13 I eat not the flesh of bulls, neither do I drink the blood of goats. |
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14 Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; and fulfil your vows to the most High. |
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15 Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will strengthen you, and you shall glorify me. |
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16 But to the sinner, God says, How have you followed the en_lbp_books of my law? You have observed my covenant lightly, |
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17 Seeing that you hate my instruction and cast my words behind you. |
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18 When you saw a thief, you joined with him, and you have been a partaker with adulterers. |
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19 You have given your mouth to evil and your tongue speaks deceit. |
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20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son. |
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21 All of these things have you done, and I kept silence; you thought that I was wicked like you; but I will reprove you, and correct these sins before your eyes. |
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22 Now understand this, O you who forget God, lest you be crushed and there be none to deliver. |
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23 Whosoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me; and to him will I show the way of the salvation of our God. |