2.3 KiB
Psalm 50
- The LORD, the Mighty One, is God,
and he has spoken; he has summoned all humanity
from where the sun rises to where it sets.
- From Mount Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God shines in glorious radiance.
- Our God approaches,
and he is not silent.
Fire devours everything in his way,
and a great storm rages around him.
- He calls on the heavens above and earth below
to witness the judgment of his people.
- "Bring my faithful people to me--
those who made a covenant with me by giving sacrifices."
- Then let the heavens proclaim his justice,
for God himself will be the judge. Interlude
- "O my people, listen as I speak.
Here are my charges against you, O Israel:
I am God, your God!
- I have no complaint about your sacrifices
or the burnt offerings you constantly offer.
- But I do not need the bulls from your barns
or the goats from your pens.
- For all the animals of the forest are mine,
and I own the cattle on a thousand hills.
- I know every bird on the mountains,
and all the animals of the field are mine.
- If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for all the world is mine and everything in it.
- Do I eat the meat of bulls?
Do I drink the blood of goats?
- Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God,
and keep the vows you made to the Most High.
- Then call on me when you are in trouble,
and I will rescue you,
and you will give me glory."
- But God says to the wicked: "Why bother reciting my decrees
and pretending to obey my covenant?
- For you refuse my discipline
and treat my words like trash.
- When you see thieves, you approve of them,
and you spend your time with adulterers.
- Your mouth is filled with wickedness,
and your tongue is full of lies.
- You sit around and slander your brother--
your own mother's son.
- While you did all this, I remained silent,
and you thought I didn't care.
But now I will rebuke you,
listing all my charges against you.
- Repent, all of you who forget me,
or I will tear you apart,
and no one will help you.
- But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me.
If you keep to my path,
I will reveal to you the salvation of God."