Psalms 50:9-22

⁹But I do not really need you to sacrifice the bulls from your barns and the goats from your pens,

¹⁰because all the animals in the forest belong to me, and all the cattle on a thousand hills also belong to me.

¹¹I own and know all the birds and all the creatures that move around in the fields.

¹²So, if I were hungry, I would not tell you to bring me some food, because everything in the world belongs to me!

¹³I do not eat the flesh of the bulls that you sacrifice, and I do not drink the blood of the goats that you offer to me.

¹⁴The sacrifice that I really want is that you thank me and do all that you have promised to do.

¹⁵And pray to me when you have troubles. If you do that, I will rescue you, and then you will praise me.

¹⁶But I say this to the wicked people: ◄Why do you/It does not benefit you at all to► RHQ recite my commandments or talk about the agreement that I made with you,

¹⁷because you have refused to allow me to discipline you, and you have rejected what I told you to do.

¹⁸Every time that you see a thief, you become his friend, and you spend much time with those who commit adultery.

¹⁹You are always talking MTY about doing wicked things, and you are always trying to deceive people.

²⁰You are always accusing members of your own family of doing wrong, and slandering them.

²¹You did all those things, and I did not say anything to you, so you thought that I was a sinner just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you, right in front of you.

²²So, all you who have ignored me, pay attention to this, because if you do not, I will tear you to pieces, and there will be no one to rescue you.