{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":50,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/49","next":"psalms/51","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 The Mighty One, God the LORD,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"speaks and summons the earth"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from where the sun rises to where it sets."}],"h":"The Mighty One Calls","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"From Zion, perfect in beauty,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"God shines forth."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Our God approaches and will not be silent!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Consuming fire precedes Him,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and a tempest rages around Him."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He summons the heavens above,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the earth, that He may judge His people:"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"“ Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"“ Gather to Me My saints,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah","f":["Or He is a God of justice"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"And the heavens proclaim His righteousness,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for God Himself is Judge."},{"style":"selah","t":"Selah"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"“ Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"“ Hear, O My people, and I will speak,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O Israel, and I will testify against you:"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I am God, your God."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and your burnt offerings are ever before Me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I have no need for a bull from your stall"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or goats from your pens,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"for every beast of the forest is Mine — the cattle on a thousand hills.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"for every beast of the forest is Mine —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the cattle on a thousand hills."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field [are] Mine.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I know every bird in the mountains,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the creatures of the field [are] Mine."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If I were hungry, I would not tell you,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Do I eat the flesh of bulls,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or drink the blood of goats?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Sacrifice a thank offering to God,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and fulfill your vows to the Most High."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Call upon Me in the day of trouble;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"To the wicked, however, God says,“ What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"To the wicked, however, God says,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ What right have you to recite My statutes"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and to bear My covenant on your lips?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":17,"t":"For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For you hate My instruction"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and cast My words behind you."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"When you see a thief, you befriend him,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and throw in your lot with adulterers."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You unleash your mouth for evil"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and harness your tongue to deceit."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You sit and malign your brother;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you slander your own mother’s son."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.","f":["Or you thought the ‘I AM’ was","Literally and I set it in order before your eyes"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You have done these things, and I kept silent;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you thought I was just like you."},{"style":"indent1","t":"But now I rebuke you"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and accuse you to your face."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Now consider this, you who forget God,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"lest I tear you to pieces,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with no one to rescue you:"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":23,"t":"He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rightly orders [his] way, I will show the salvation of God.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and to him who rightly orders [his] way,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will show the salvation of God.”"}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"A Psalm of Asaph."}