Psalm 50:1-23 AMPC

[1] The Mighty One, God, the Lord, speaks and calls the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. [2] Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. [3] Our God comes and does not keep silence; a fire devours before Him, and round about Him a mighty tempest rages. [4] He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that He may judge His people: [5] Gather together to Me My saints [those who have found grace in My sight], those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice. [6] And the heavens declare His righteousness (rightness and justice), for God, He is judge. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! [7] Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify to you and against you: I am God, your God. [8] I do not reprove you for your sacrifices; your burnt offerings are continually before Me. [9] I will accept no bull from your house nor he-goat out of your folds. [10] For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills or upon the mountains where thousands are. [11] I know and am acquainted with all the birds of the mountains, and the wild animals of the field are Mine and are with Me, in My mind. [12] If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are Mine. [13] Shall I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? [14] Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High, [15] And call on Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall honor and glorify Me. [16] But to the wicked, God says: What right have you to recite My statutes or take My covenant or pledge on your lips, [17] Seeing that you hate instruction and correction and cast My words behind you [discarding them]? [18] When you see a thief, you associate with him, and you have taken part with adulterers. [19] You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit. [20] You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son. [21] These things you have done and I kept silent; you thought I was once entirely like you. But [now] I will reprove you and put [the charge] in order before your eyes. [22] Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. [23] He who brings an offering of praise and thanksgiving honors and glorifies Me; and he who orders his way aright [who prepares the way that I may show him], to him I will demonstrate the salvation of God.