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Psalms 50

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ ⓐ Yahweh, the God of gods [1] speaks; He summons the earth from east to west. [2] ⓑ

² From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God appears in radiance. [3] ⓒ

³ Our God is coming; He will not be silent! Devouring fire precedes Him, and a storm rages around Him. ⓓ

⁴ On high, He summons heaven and earth in order to judge His people. ⓔ

⁵ “Gather My faithful ones to Me, those who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.” ⓕ

⁶ The heavens proclaim His righteousness, ⓖ for God is the Judge. ⓗ Selah

⁷ “Listen, My people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel. I am God, your God. ⓘ

⁸ I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices or for your burnt offerings, which are continually before Me. ⓙ

⁹ I will not accept a bull from your household or male goats from your pens, ⓚ

¹⁰ for every animal of the forest is Mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.

¹¹ I know every bird of the mountains, [4] and the creatures of the field are 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 Sacrifice a thank offering to God, ⓞ and pay your vows to the Most High. ⓟ

¹⁵ Call on Me in a day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will honor Me.” ⓠ

¹⁶ But God says to the wicked: “What right do you have to recite My statutes and to take My covenant on your lips? ⓡ

¹⁷ You hate instruction and turn your back on My words. [5] ⓢ

¹⁸ When you see a thief, you make friends with him, and you associate with adulterers. ⓣ

¹⁹ You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue for deceit. ⓤ

²⁰ You sit, maligning your brother, slandering your mother’s son. ⓥ

²¹ 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. [6] ⓧ

²² “Understand this, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart, and there will be no one to rescue you. ⓨ

²³ Whoever sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and whoever orders his conduct, I will show him the salvation of God.” ⓩ

#	HCSB
1	ⓐ Yahweh, the God of gods [1] speaks; He summons the earth from east to west. [2] ⓑ
2	From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God appears in radiance. [3] ⓒ
3	Our God is coming; He will not be silent! Devouring fire precedes Him, and a storm rages around Him. ⓓ
4	On high, He summons heaven and earth in order to judge His people. ⓔ
5	“Gather My faithful ones to Me, those who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.” ⓕ
6	The heavens proclaim His righteousness, ⓖ for God is the Judge. ⓗ Selah
7	“Listen, My people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel. I am God, your God. ⓘ
8	I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices or for your burnt offerings, which are continually before Me. ⓙ
9	I will not accept a bull from your household or male goats from your pens, ⓚ
10	for every animal of the forest is Mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
11	I know every bird of the mountains, [4] and the creatures of the field are 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	Sacrifice a thank offering to God, ⓞ and pay your vows to the Most High. ⓟ
15	Call on Me in a day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will honor Me.” ⓠ
16	But God says to the wicked: “What right do you have to recite My statutes and to take My covenant on your lips? ⓡ
17	You hate instruction and turn your back on My words. [5] ⓢ
18	When you see a thief, you make friends with him, and you associate with adulterers. ⓣ
19	You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue for deceit. ⓤ
20	You sit, maligning your brother, slandering your mother’s son. ⓥ
21	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. [6] ⓧ
22	“Understand this, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart, and there will be no one to rescue you. ⓨ
23	Whoever sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and whoever orders his conduct, I will show him the salvation of God.” ⓩ

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^{Psalms 50:6 [86]} With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text for God himself is judge

^{Psalms 50:6 [87]} The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

^{Psalms 50:21 [88]} Or thought the ‘I AM’ was

^{Psalms 50:23 [89]} Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; the meaning of the Masoretic Text for this phrase is uncertain.

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