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Psalm 50God as Judge
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The Mighty One, God, the Lord, speaks; he summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
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From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God appears in radiance.
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Our God is coming; he will not be silent! Devouring fire precedes him, and a storm rages around him.
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On high, he summons heaven and earth in order to judge his people:
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"Gather my faithful ones to me, those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice."
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The heavens proclaim his righteousness, for God is the Judge.Selah
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"Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel. I am God, your God.
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I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices or for your burnt offerings, which are continually before me.
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I will not take a bull from your household or male goats from your pens,
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for every animal of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
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I know every bird of the mountains, and the creatures of the field are mine.
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If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and everything in it is mine.
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Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
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Offer a thanksgiving sacrifice to God, and pay your vows to the Most High.
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Call on me in a day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will honor me."
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But God says to the wicked: "What right do you have to recite my statutes and to take my covenant on your lips?
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You hate instruction and fling my words behind you.
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When you see a thief, you make friends with him, and you associate with adulterers.
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You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue for deceit.
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You sit, maligning your brother, slandering your mother's son.
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You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you.
But I will rebuke you and lay out the case before you.
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"Understand this, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart, and there will be no one to rescue you.
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Whoever offers a thanksgiving sacrifice honors me, and whoever orders his conduct, I will show him the salvation of God."