1 A psalm of Asaph. The LORD, the God of gods, has spoken and summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2 From Zion God shines forth. perfect in beauty.
3 Our God comes and will not be silent! Devouring fire precedes, storming fiercely round about.
4 God summons the heavens above and the earth to the judgment of his people:
5 "Gather my faithful ones before me, those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice."
6 The heavens proclaim divine justice, for God alone is the judge. Selah
7 "Listen, my people, I will speak; Israel, I will testify against you; God, your God, am I.
8 Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you, nor for your holocausts, set before me daily.
9 I need no bullock from your house, no goats from your fold.
10 For every animal of the forest is mine, beasts by the thousands on my mountains.
11 I know every bird of the heavens; the creatures of the field belong to me.
12 Were I hungry, I would not tell you, for mine is the world and all that fills it.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer praise as your sacrifice to God; fulfill your vows to the Most High.
15 Then call on me in time of distress; I will rescue you, and you shall honor me."
16 But to the wicked God says: "Why do you recite my commandments and profess my covenant with your lips?
17 You hate discipline; you cast my words behind you!
18 When you see thieves, you befriend them; with adulterers you throw in your lot.
19 You give your mouth free rein for evil; you harness your tongue to deceit.
20 You sit maligning your own kin, slandering the child of your own mother.
21 When you do these things should I be silent? Or do you think that I am like you? I accuse you, I lay the charge before you.
22 "Understand this, you who forget God, lest I attack you with no one to rescue.
23 Those who offer praise as a sacrifice honor me; to the obedient I will show the salvation of God."
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Psalm 50 is a psalm that talks about divine justice and the need to offer true sacrifices to the Lord. The Psalm begins with the declaration that God, the Lord, calls the earth from birth to sunset and that He comes to judge His people. Then, the sacrifices that the people offered to God are mentioned, and God draws attention to the fact that he does not need these sacrifices, but sincerely hearts and offers forgiveness to those who seek him for truth.
1 Kings 8:23: "And said," Lord, God of Israel, there is no God as you in heaven above or in the earth below, you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who worship you with all your heart. " This verse talks about God's love for those who worship him with all his heart.
Psalm 51:16-17: "For you do not delete you in sacrifices; otherwise I would bring them; in holocausts you do not please you. The sacrifices that please God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise . " This verse relates to the idea of Psalm 50 that God does not need the sacrifices, but of sincere and repentant hearts.
Isaiah 1:11: "What does the large numbers of his sacrifices care?" Says the Lord. "I am already fed up with the holocausts of sheep and fat from fat steers. I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs and of goats. " This verse reinforces the idea that God does not need the sacrifices, but of hearts truly dedicated to Him.
Hosea 6:6: "For I want love, not sacrifices; knowledge of God instead of holocaustos." This verse relates to the idea of Psalm 50 that the Lord does not need the sacrifices, but of sincere and loving hearts.
Jeremiah 7:22: "For when I took them from Egypt, I did not talk to them or give them orders about burnt offering and sacrifices." This verse reinforces the idea that sacrifices are not the essence of the relationship with God, but an outer expression of communion with Him.
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