1 [Psalm Of Asaph] The God of gods, Yahweh, is speaking, from east to west he summons the earth.
2 From Zion, perfection of beauty, he shines forth;
3 he is coming, our God, and will not be silent. Devouring fire ahead of him, raging tempest around him,
4 he summons the heavens from on high, and the earth to judge his people.
5 'Gather to me my faithful, who sealed my covenant by sacrifice.'
6 The heavens proclaim his saving justice, 'God himself is judge.'Pause
7 'Listen, my people, I am speaking, Israel, I am giving evidence against you, I, God, your God.
8 'It is not with your sacrifices that I find fault, those burnt offerings constantly before me;
9 I will not accept any bull from your homes, nor a single goat from your folds.
10 'For all forest creatures are mine already, the animals on the mountains in their thousands.
11 I know every bird in the air, whatever moves in the fields is mine.
12 'If I am hungry I shall not tell you, since the world and all it holds is mine.
13 Am I to eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
14 'Let thanksgiving be your sacrifice to God, fulfil the vows you make to the Most High;
15 then if you call to me in time of trouble I will rescue you and you will honour me.'
16 But to the wicked, God says: 'What right have you to recite my statutes, to take my covenant on your lips,
17 when you detest my teaching, and thrust my words behind you?
18 'You make friends with a thief as soon as you see one, you feel at home with adulterers,
19 your conversation is devoted to wickedness, and your tongue to inventing lies.
20 'You sit there, slandering your own brother, you malign your own mother's son.
21 You do this, and am I to say nothing? Do you think that I am really like you? I charge you, indict you to your face.
22 'Think it out, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart without hope of a rescuer.
23 Honour to me is a sacrifice of thanksgiving; to the upright I will show God's salvation.'
Versículos relacionados com Psalms, 50:
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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