I do (A)not rebuke you for your sacrifices,
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
I will not take a (B)bull from your house,
Nor male goats from your folds.
10 For (C)every animal of the forest is Mine,
The cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know every (D)bird of the mountains,
And everything that moves in the field is [a]Mine.
12 If I were hungry I would not tell you,
For the (E)world is Mine, and [b]everything it contains.
13 Shall I eat the flesh of [c](F)bulls
Or drink the blood of male goats?
14 Offer God (G)a sacrifice of thanksgiving
And (H)pay your vows to the Most High;
15 (I)Call upon Me on the day of trouble;
I will (J)rescue you, and you will (K)honor Me.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 50:11 Or in My mind; lit with Me
  2. Psalm 50:12 Lit its fullness
  3. Psalm 50:13 Lit strong ones

I bring no charges(A) against you concerning your sacrifices
    or concerning your burnt offerings,(B) which are ever before me.
I have no need of a bull(C) from your stall
    or of goats(D) from your pens,(E)
10 for every animal of the forest(F) is mine,
    and the cattle on a thousand hills.(G)
11 I know every bird(H) in the mountains,
    and the insects in the fields(I) are mine.
12 If I were hungry I would not tell you,
    for the world(J) is mine, and all that is in it.(K)
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
    or drink the blood of goats?

14 “Sacrifice thank offerings(L) to God,
    fulfill your vows(M) to the Most High,(N)
15 and call(O) on me in the day of trouble;(P)
    I will deliver(Q) you, and you will honor(R) me.”

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