Psalms 50 — T4T

A psalm written by Asaph

50Verse 1God, the all-powerful one, speaks;
he summons all people,from the east to the west.^{Verse 2}His glory shines from Zion Hill in Jerusalem,an extremely beautiful city.^{Verse 3}Our God comes to us,and he is not silent.A great fire is in front of him,and a storm is around him.^{Verse 4}He comes to judge his people.
He shouts to the angels in heavenand to the people on the earth.^{Verse 5}He says, “Summon those who faithfully worship me,those who made an agreement with me by offering sacrifices to me.”^{Verse 6}The angels in heaven declare,“God is righteous,
and he is the supreme judge.”(Think about that!)^{Verse 7}God says, “My people, listen!You Israeli people, listen,as I, your God, say what you have done that is wrong.
^{Verse 8}I am not rebuking you for making sacrifices to me,for the offerings that you completely burn on the altar.^{Verse 9}But I do not really need you to sacrificethe bulls from your barns and the goats from your pens,^{Verse 10}because all the animals in the forest belong to me,and all the cattle on 1,000 hills also belong to me.^{Verse 11}I own and know all the birdsand all the creatures that move around in the fields.^{Verse 12}So, if I were hungry, I would not tell you to bring me some food,because everything in the world belongs to me!^{Verse 13}I do not eat the flesh of the bulls that you sacrifice,and I do not drink the blood of the goats that you offer to me.^{Verse 14}The sacrifice that I really want is that you thank meand do all that you have promised to do.^{Verse 15}And pray to me when you have troubles.If you do that, I will rescue you, and then you will praise me.^{Verse 16}But I say this to the wicked people:
◄Why do you/It does not benefit you at all to► [RHQ] recite my commandmentsor talk about the agreement that I made with you,^{Verse 17}because you have refused to allow me to discipline you,and you have rejected what I told you to do.^{Verse 18}Every time that you see a thief, you become his friend,and you spend much time with those who commit adultery.^{Verse 19}You are always talking [MTY] about doing wicked things,and you are always trying to deceive people.^{Verse 20}You are always accusing members of your own family of doing wrong,and slandering them.^{Verse 21}You did all those things, and I did not say anything to you,so you thought that I was a sinner just like you.But now I rebuke you and accuse you, right in front of you.^{Verse 22}So, all you who have ignored me, pay attention to this,
because if you do not, I will tear you to pieces,and there will be no one to rescue you.^{Verse 23}The sacrifice that truly honors me is to thank me for what I have done;and I will save those who always do the things that I want them to.”