Psalm 50:17-23

English Standard Version

¹⁷^(A)For you hate discipline,
^(B)and you cast my words behind you.
¹⁸If you see a thief, ^(C)you are pleased with him,
^(D)and you keep company with adulterers.

¹⁹“You give your mouth free rein for evil,
    ^(E)and your tongue frames deceit.
²⁰You sit and speak against your brother;
    you slander your own mother's son.
²¹These things you have done, and I ^(F)have been silent;
    you thought that I^[a] was one like yourself.
But now I ^(G)rebuke you and ^(H)lay the charge before you.

²²“Mark this, then, you who ^(I)forget God,
    lest I tear you apart, and there be ^(J)none to deliver!
²³The one who ^(K)offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;
    to one who ^(L)orders his way rightly
    I will show the ^(M)salvation of God!”