The Lord tells his secrets to his followers.\par He teaches his Agreement {\cf2\super [153]} to them.\par
Psalm 50:16 - Easy To Read Version God says to wicked people,\par “You people talk about my laws.\par You talk about my Agreement.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But to the wicked, God says: What right have you to recite My statutes or take My covenant or pledge on your lips, American Standard Version (1901) But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth, Common English Bible But to the wicked God says, “Why do you talk about my laws? Why do you even mention my covenant? Catholic Public Domain Version Free me from blood, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will extol your justice. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Deliver me from blood, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall extol thy justice. |
The Lord tells his secrets to his followers.\par He teaches his Agreement {\cf2\super [153]} to them.\par
When a fool tries to say something wise, it is like a crippled person trying to walk.
My Master says, “These people say they love me. They show honor to me with words from their mouths. But their hearts are far from me. The honor they show me is nothing but human rules they have memorized.
And if a bad man changes and become good and fair, then he will save his life. He will live!
God is spirit. So the people that worship God must worship in spirit and truth.”
It is my own body that I hit. I make it my slave. I do this so that I myself will not be thrown out \{by God\} after I have told other people \{about his blessings\}.
It will not be like the agreement\par that I gave to their fathers.\par That is the agreement I gave\par when I took them by the hand\par and led them out of Egypt.\par They did not continue following the agreement I gave them,\par and I turned away from them,\par says the Lord.\par
These false teachers left the right way and went the wrong way. They followed the same way that Balaam went. Balaam was the son of Beor. He loved being paid for doing wrong.