Psalms50

Psalm 50 portrays God, the mighty LORD, summoning all creation to witness His judgment of His people. He declares that He does not desire material sacrifices, as all things belong to Him, but rather seeks thanksgiving, the payment of vows, and calling upon Him in trouble. The psalm then sternly rebukes the wicked who profess God's statutes yet practice evil, concluding with a promise of salvation for those who offer praise and order their lives aright.

The Divine Judge Summons the World

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A Psalm of Asaph. The God of gods--Jehovah--hath spoken, And He calleth to the earth From the rising of the sun unto its going in.
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From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shone.
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Our God cometh, and is not silent, Fire before Him doth devour, And round about him it hath been very tempestuous.
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He doth call unto the heavens from above, And unto the earth, to judge His people.
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Gather ye to Me My saints, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice.
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And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge. Selah.

God Rejects Empty Ritual

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Hear, O My people, and I speak, O Israel, and I testify against thee, God, thy God am I.
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Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings Are before Me continually.
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I take not from thy house a bullock, From thy folds he goats.
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For Mine is every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen.
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I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field is with Me.
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If I am hungry I tell not to thee, For Mine is the world and its fulness.
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Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats?
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Sacrifice to God confession, And complete to the Most High thy vows.
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And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.

The Condemnation of the Wicked

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And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee--to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth?
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Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.
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If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers is thy portion.
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Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,
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Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.
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These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes.

The Requirement of True Piety

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Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.
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He who is sacrificing praise honoureth Me, As to him who maketh a way, I cause him to look on the salvation of God!
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