GOODMORNING

Psalm 50

 ¹ The Mighty One, God, the LORD,
       speaks and summons the earth
       from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets.

 ² From Zion, perfect in beauty,
       God shines forth.

 ³ Our God comes and will not be silent;
       a fire devours before him,
       and around him a tempest rages.

 ⁴ He summons the heavens above,
       and the earth, that he may judge his people:

 ⁵ “Gather to me my consecrated ones,
       who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”

 ⁶ And the heavens proclaim his righteousness,
       for God himself is judge.
       Selah

 ⁷ “Hear, O my people, and I will speak,
       O Israel, and I will testify against you:
       I am God, your God.

 ⁸ I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices
       or 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 creatures of the field 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 upon me in the day of trouble;
       I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

 ¹⁶ But to the wicked, 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.

 ¹⁹ You use your mouth for evil
       and harness your tongue to deceit.

 ²⁰ You speak continually against your brother
       and slander your own mother’s son.

 ²¹ These things you have done and I kept silent;
       you thought I was altogether ^[a] like you.
       But I will rebuke you
       and accuse you to your face.

 ²² “Consider this, you who forget God,
       or I will tear you to pieces, with none to rescue:

 ²³ He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me,
       and he prepares the way
       so that I may show him ^[b] the salvation of God.”

Ezekiel 12 vs 6

In their sight shall you bear it on your shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: you shall cover your face, that you see not the ground: for I have set you for a sign to the house of Israel.