Psalms 49:3-18

³God, our God, shall come manifestly, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall be kindled before him, and round about him there shall be a very great tempest.

⁴He shall summon the heaven above, and the earth, that he may judge his people.

⁵Assemble you° his saints to him, those that have engaged in a covenant with him upon sacrifices.

⁶And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge. Pause.

⁷Hear, my people, and I will speak to you, O Israel: and I will testify to you: I am God, your God.

⁸I will not reprove you on account of your sacrifices; for your whole burnt offerings are before me continually.

⁹I will take no bullocks out of your house, nor he-goats out of your flocks.

¹⁰For all the wild beasts of the thicket are mine, the cattle on the mountains, and oxen.

¹¹I know all the birds of the sky; and the beauty of the field is mine.

¹²If I should be hungry, I will not tell you: for the world is mine, and the fullness of it.

¹³Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

¹⁴Offer to God the sacrifice of praise; and pay your vows to the Most High.

¹⁵And call upon me in the day of affliction; and I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. Pause.

¹⁶But to the sinner God has said, Why do you declare my ordinances, and take up my covenant in your mouth?

¹⁷Whereas you have hated instruction, and have cast my words behind you.

¹⁸If you saw a thief, you ran along with him, and have cast in your lot with adulterers.