“Gather to me this consecrated people,(A)
    who made a covenant(B) with me by sacrifice.”
And the heavens proclaim(C) his righteousness,
    for he is a God of justice.[a][b](D)

“Listen, my people, and I will speak;
    I will testify(E) against you, Israel:
    I am God, your God.(F)
I bring no charges(G) against you concerning your sacrifices
    or concerning your burnt offerings,(H) which are ever before me.
I have no need of a bull(I) from your stall
    or of goats(J) from your pens,(K)
10 for every animal of the forest(L) is mine,
    and the cattle on a thousand hills.(M)
11 I know every bird(N) in the mountains,
    and the insects in the fields(O) are mine.
12 If I were hungry I would not tell you,
    for the world(P) is mine, and all that is in it.(Q)
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
    or drink the blood of goats?

14 “Sacrifice thank offerings(R) to God,
    fulfill your vows(S) to the Most High,(T)
15 and call(U) on me in the day of trouble;(V)
    I will deliver(W) you, and you will honor(X) me.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 50:6 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text for God himself is judge
  2. Psalm 50:6 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

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