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1The Mighty One, God, the Lord,
speaks and summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets.
2From Zion, perfect in beauty,
God shines forth.
3Our God comes and will not be silent.
a fire devours before him,
and around him a tempest rages.
4He summons the heavens above,
and the earth, that he may judge his people:
5Gather to me my consecrated ones,
who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
6And the heavens proclaim his righteousness,
for God himself is judge
7“Hear O, my people, and I will speak;
O Israel, and I will testify against you,
O Israel, and I will testify against you,
8I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices or you burnt offerings, which are ever before me.
9I have no need of a bull from your stall
or of goats from your pens,
10for every animal of the forest is mine,
and the cattle on a thousand hills.
11I know every bird in the mountains,
and the creatures of the fields are mine.
12If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
13Do I eat the flesh of bulls
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or drink the blood of goats?
14“Sacrifice thank offerings to God,
fulfil your vows to the Most High,
15and call on me in the day of trouble.
I will deliver you, and you will honour me.”
16But to the wicked person, God says:
“What right have you to recite my laws
or take my covenant on your lips?
17You hate my instruction
and cast my words behind you.
18When you see a thief, you join with him;
you throw in your lot with adulterers.
19You use your mouth for evil
and harness your tongue to deceit.
20You speak continually against your brother
and slander your own mother’s son.
21These things you have done and I kept silent,
you thought I was altogether c like you.
But I will rebuke you
and accuse you to your face.
22“Consider this, you who forget God,
or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
23 He who sacrifice thank offerings honours me, and he prepares the way
So that I may show him d the salvation of God”
(NIV)
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Psalm 50: It is suggested that this psalm is a prophetic psalm.
Could it be of what is to come from Jesus?
God speaks to His loyal people with a warning.
It is not enough to go through the rituals of sacrifices and sacrifice that are not needed. It is what is in the heart of those who ask forgiveness, and thankfulness, that God appreciates. There is a serious charge against those who repeat God’s commandments but do not keep them.
Perhaps a warning for us that God does not like false praises, or repentance or false saying I will not do this again. God wants you to speak from the heart and mean what you say.
God does not want false promise, He wants us to promise what we really can do.
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