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		Ps 50:1 The mighty One, God, the LORD, has spoken, And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting [from east to west].
		Ps 50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone forth.
		Ps 50:3 May our God come and not keep silent; Fire devours before Him, And around Him a mighty tempest rages.
		Ps 50:4 He summons the heavens above, And the earth, to judge His people:
		Ps 50:5 "Gather My godly ones to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice."
		Ps 50:6 And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge. Selah.
		Ps 50:7 ¶ "Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
		Ps 50:8 "I do not reprove you for your sacrifices; Your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
		Ps 50:9 "I will accept no young bull from your house Nor male goat from your folds.
		Ps 50:10 "For every beast of the forest is Mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills.
		Ps 50:11 "I know every bird of the mountains, And everything that moves in the field is Mine.
		Ps 50:12 "If I were hungry, I would not tell you, For the world and all it contains are Mine. [1 Cor 10:26]
		Ps 50:13 "Shall I eat the flesh of bulls Or drink the blood of male goats?
		Ps 50:14 "Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving And pay your vows to the Most High;
		Ps 50:15 Call on Me in the day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you shall honor and glorify Me."
		Ps 50:16 ¶ But to the wicked God says: "What right have you to recite My statutes Or to take My covenant on your lips?
		Ps 50:17 "For you hate instruction and discipline And cast My words behind you [discarding them].
		Ps 50:18 "When you see a thief, you are pleased with him and condone his behavior, And you associate with adulterers.
		Ps 50:19 "You give your mouth to evil And your tongue frames deceit.
		Ps 50:20 "You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother's son.
		Ps 50:21 "These things you have done and I kept silent; You thought that I was just like you. Now I will reprimand and denounce you and state the case in order before your eyes.
		Ps 50:22 ¶ "Now consider this, you who forget God, Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to rescue [you].
		Ps 50:23 "He who offers a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders his way rightly [who follows the way that I show him], I shall show the salvation of God." To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came to him after he had sinned with Bathsheba.<SS>

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