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          DASV: Psalm 50    

A psalm of Asaph

1 The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks;
     he summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
     God shines forth.
3 Our God comes, and is not silent,
     a fire devours before him,
           and a furious storm surrounds him.
4 He calls in the heavens above and on the earth,
     that he may judge his people:
5 "Gather my faithful ones together to me,
     those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice."
6 The heavens declare his righteousness,
     for God himself is judge. Selah

7 "Listen, O my people, and I will speak,
     O Israel, and I will testify against you:
           I am God, your God.
8 I am not rebuking you for your sacrifices,
     or your burnt offerings that are continually before me.
9 I do not need a bull from your house,
     or goats from your folds,
10 for every animal of the forest is mine,
     and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11 I know every bird in the mountains;
     everything that moves in the field is mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
     for the world and everything in it is mine.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls,
     or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,
     and keep your vows to the Most High.
15 Call on me in the day of trouble;
     I will deliver you, and you will glorify me."

16 But to the wicked God says,
     "What right do you have to declare my statutes,
           or to talk about my covenant with your mouth?
17 You hate instruction,
     and throw away my words behind you?
18 When you see a thief, you join in with him,
     and associate with adulterers.
19 You give your mouth to evil,
     and your tongue to join in the deceit.
20 You sit and speak against your brother;
     you slander your own mother's son.
21 These things you have done, and I kept silent;
     you assumed that I was someone just like yourself,
           but now I will rebuke you,
     and lay the charges before your eyes.
22 Now consider this, you who forget God,
     or I will tear you apart,
           and there will be no one to rescue you.
23 Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving honors me;
     and to one who follows the right way,
           I will show the salvation of God."

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