Psalms 50:8-18

8 I bring no charges against you concerning your sacrifices or concerning your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.
9 I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens,
10 for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields are mine.
12 If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
14 “Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High,
15 and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
16 But to the wicked person, God says: “What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips?
17 You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you.
18 When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers.

Cross References 24

  • 1. S 2 Samuel 22:16
  • 2. S Psalms 40:6; Hosea 6:6
  • 3. S Leviticus 1:5; Psalms 69:31
  • 4. S Leviticus 16:5
  • 5. S Numbers 32:16
  • 6. Psalms 104:20; Isaiah 56:9; Micah 5:8
  • 7. Psalms 104:24
  • 8. Matthew 6:26
  • 9. Psalms 8:7; Psalms 80:13
  • 10. Exodus 19:5
  • 11. Deuteronomy 10:14; S Joshua 3:11; Psalms 24:1; 1 Corinthians 10:26
  • 12. S Ezra 1:4; S Psalms 27:6; Hebrews 13:15
  • 13. S Numbers 30:2; S Psalms 66:13; Psalms 76:11; Deuteronomy 23:21
  • 14. Psalms 7:8
  • 15. Psalms 4:1; Psalms 81:7; Isaiah 55:6; Isaiah 58:9; Zechariah 13:9
  • 16. Psalms 69:17; Psalms 86:7; Psalms 107:6; Psalms 142:2; James 5:13
  • 17. Psalms 3:7
  • 18. S Psalms 22:23
  • 19. Psalms 25:10
  • 20. Isaiah 29:13
  • 21. Proverbs 1:22
  • 22. S 1 Kings 14:9; Nehemiah 9:26; Romans 2:21-22
  • 23. Romans 1:32; 1 Timothy 5:22
  • 24. S Job 22:15
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