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Asaph pictures God as Judge, rejects the idea that He needs Israel's sacrifices, calls for thanksgiving and obedience, and rebukes hypocrites who recite His covenant while practicing evil.
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Psalms 50
Asaph pictures God as Judge, rejects the idea that He needs Israel's sacrifices, calls for thanksgiving and obedience, and rebukes hypocrites who recite His covenant while practicing evil.
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1The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called…2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.3Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a…4He shall call to the heavens from above, and to…5Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made…6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is…7Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel,…8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy…9I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor…10For every beast of the forest is mine, and the…11I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the…12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for…13Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the…14Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the…15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I…16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to…17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.18When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him,…19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth…20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine…21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou…22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear…23Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth…