Chapter 50
1 The Mighty One , God , the LORD , speaks , and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset .
2 Out of Zion , the perfection of beauty , God shines out.
3 Our God comes , and does not keep silent . A fire devours before him . It is very stormy around him .
4 He calls to the heavens above , to the earth , that he may judge his people :
5 "Gather my saints together to me , those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice ."
6 The heavens shall declare his righteousness , for God himself is judge . Selah .
7 " Hear , my people , and I will speak . Israel , I will testify against you . I am God, your God.
8 I don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices . Your burnt offerings are continually before me .
9 I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens.
10 For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills .
11 I know all the birds of the mountains . The wild animals of the field are mine .
12 If I were hungry , I would not tell you , for the world is mine, and all that is in it .
13 Will I eat the meat of bulls, or drink the blood of goats ?
14 Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving . Pay your vows to the Most High .
15 Call on me in the day of trouble . I will deliver you , and you will honour me ."
16 But to the wicked God says , " What right do you have to declare my statutes , that you have taken my covenant on your lips ,
17 since you hate instruction , and throw my words behind you ?
18 When you saw a thief , you consented with him , and have participated with adulterers .
19 " You give your mouth to evil . Your tongue frames deceit .
20 You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother’s son .
21 You have done these things , and I kept silent . You thought that I was just like you . I will rebuke you , and accuse you in front of your eyes .
22 " Now consider this , you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces , and there be no one to deliver .
23 Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me , and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him ."