Holman Christian Standard Bible

Psalms 50:8-18 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

8. I do not rebuke you for your sacrificesor for your burnt offerings,which are continually before Me.

9. I will not accept a bull from your householdor male goats from your pens,

10. for every animal of the forest is Mine,the cattle on a thousand hills.

11. I know every bird of the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.

12. If I were hungry, I would not tell you,for the world and everything in it is Mine.

13. Do I eat the flesh of bullsor drink the blood of goats?

14. Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and pay your vows to the Most High.

15. Call on Me in a day of trouble;I will rescue you, and you will honor Me.”

16. But God says to the wicked:“What right do you have to recite My statutesand to take My covenant on your lips?

17. You hate instructionand turn your back on My words.

18. When you see a thief,you make friends with him,and you associate with adulterers.