Psalms - Chapter 50 | Good News Translation

  • 1. The Almighty God, the LORD, speaks; he calls to the whole earth from east to west.
  • 2. God shines from Zion, the city perfect in its beauty.
  • 3. Our God is coming, but not in silence; a raging fire is in front of him, a furious storm around him.
  • 4. He calls heaven and earth as witnesses to see him judge his people.
  • 5. He says, "Gather my faithful people to me, those who made a covenant with me by offering a sacrifice."
  • 6. The 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.
  • 8. I do not reprimand you because of your sacrifices and the burnt offerings you always bring me.
  • 9. And yet I do not need bulls from your farms or goats from your flocks;
  • 10. all the animals in the forest are mine and the cattle on thousands of hills.
  • 11. All 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.
  • 13. Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
  • 14. Let the giving of thanks be your sacrifice to God, and give the Almighty all that you promised.
  • 15. Call to me when trouble comes; I will save you, and you will praise me."
  • 16. But God says to the wicked, "Why should you recite my commandments? Why should you talk about my covenant?
  • 17. You refuse to let me correct you; you reject my commands.
  • 18. You 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.
  • 20. You are ready to accuse your own relatives and to find fault with them.
  • 21. You 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.
  • 23. Giving thanks is the sacrifice that honors me, and I will surely save all who obey me."
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