Psalm 50
God as cosmic judge summons earth to a trial. He does not need sacrifices of bulls and goats since he owns all animals. Instead, God wants thanksgiving, faithfulness, and genuine worship. The wicked are warned to consider before God tears them apart.
PsalmsPsalm 50 of 15023 versesBerean Standard Bible
In this passage: Jerusalem
If God speaks to you through Psalm 50, record what He said in Doxa and come back to it.
A Psalm of Asaph.
The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
“Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills.
I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.
You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rightly orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
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How to Hear God’s Voice: A Practical Guide for BelieversScripture is the record of a God who speaks. This guide covers how to hear Him today and keep what He says.Cross-references for Psalm 50
“Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.”
“Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.”
“Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He brought them out of their distress.”
“When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.”
“He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.”
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, licensed CC BY.
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