Psalm 50:7-15

Good News Translation

⁷ “Listen, my people, and I will speak;
    I will testify against you, Israel.
    I am God, your God.
⁸ I do not reprimand you because of your sacrifices
    and the burnt offerings you always bring me.
⁹ And yet I do not need bulls from your farms
    or goats from your flocks;
¹⁰ all the animals in the forest are mine
    and the cattle on thousands of hills.
¹¹ All the wild birds are mine
    and all living things in the fields.

¹² “If I were hungry, I would not ask you for food,
    for the world and everything in it is mine.
¹³ Do I eat the flesh of bulls
    or drink the blood of goats?
¹⁴ Let the giving of thanks be your sacrifice to God,^[a]
    and give the Almighty all that you promised.
¹⁵ Call to me when trouble comes;
    I will save you,
    and you will praise me.”