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12 Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world and all it contains belong to me.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls?
Do I drink the blood of goats?[a]
14 Present to God a thank offering.
Repay your vows to the Most High.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 50:13 tn The rhetorical questions assume an emphatic negative response, “Of course not!”
  2. Psalm 50:14 sn The divine title “Most High” (עֶלְיוֹן, ʿelyon) pictures God as the exalted ruler of the universe who vindicates the innocent and judges the wicked. See especially Pss 7:17; 9:2; 18:13; 21:7; 47:2.

12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you;
(A)For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.
13 (B)Will I eat the flesh of bulls,
Or drink the blood of goats?
14 (C)Offer to God thanksgiving,
And (D)pay your vows to the Most High.

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12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
    (A)for the world and its fullness are mine.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
    or drink the blood of goats?
14 (B)Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,[a]
    and (C)perform your vows to the Most High,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 50:14 Or Make thanksgiving your sacrifice to God

12 If I were hungry I would not tell you,
    for the world(A) is mine, and all that is in it.(B)
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
    or drink the blood of goats?

14 “Sacrifice thank offerings(C) to God,
    fulfill your vows(D) to the Most High,(E)

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