New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures — With References (Rbi8, en_US, 1984)
Psalm
Psalms, 50
A melody of Aʹsaph.
1 The Divine One, God, Jehovah,*1 has himself spoken, And he proceeds to call the earth,*2 From the rising of the sun until its setting.
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2 Out of Zion, the perfection of prettiness, God himself has beamed forth.
3 Our God will come and cannot possibly keep silent.*1 Before him there devours a fire, And all around him it has become exceedingly stormy weather.
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4 He calls to the heavens above and to the earth So as to execute judgment on his people:
5 “Gather to me my loyal ones, Those concluding*1 my covenant*2 over sacrifice.”
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6 And the heavens tell of his righteousness, For God himself is Judge.*1 Seʹlah.
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7 “Do listen, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will bear witness against you.*1 I am God, your God.
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8 Not concerning your sacrifices do I reprove you, Nor [concerning] your whole burnt offerings [that are] in front of me constantly.
9 I will not take out of your house a bull, Out of your pens he-goats.
10 For to me belongs every wild animal of the forest, The beasts upon a thousand mountains.
11 I well know every winged creature of the mountains, And the animal throngs of the open field are with me.
12 If I were hungry, I would not say it to you; For to me the productive land*1 and its fullness belong.
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13 Shall I eat the flesh of powerful [bulls], And the blood of he-goats shall I drink?
14 Offer thanksgiving as your sacrifice to God, And pay to the Most High your vows;
15 And call me in the day of distress. I shall rescue you, and you will glorify me.”
16 But to the wicked one God will have to say: “What right do you have to enumerate my regulations, And that you may bear my covenant*1 in your mouth?
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17 Why, you—you have hated discipline, And you keep throwing my words behind you.
18 Whenever you saw a thief, you were even pleased*1 with him; And your sharing was with adulterers.
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19 Your mouth you have let loose to what is bad, And your tongue you keep attached to deception.
20 You sit [and] speak against your own brother, Against the son of your mother you give away a fault.
21 These things you have done, and I kept silent. You imagined that I would positively become like you. I am going to reprove you, and I will set things in order before your eyes.
22 Understand this, please, YOU forgetters of God,*1 That I may not tear [YOU] to pieces without there being any deliverer.
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23 The one offering thanksgiving as his sacrifice is the one that glorifies me; And as for the one keeping a set way, I will cause him to see salvation by God.”*1
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