The secret of Adonai is for those who fear Him. He makes His covenant known to them.
Psalm 50:16 - Tree of Life Version But to the wicked, God says: “What are you doing, reciting My laws and taking My covenant in your mouth? 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 secret of Adonai is for those who fear Him. He makes His covenant known to them.
Like a lame man’s legs that hang limp, so is a proverb in a fool’s mouth.
So Adonai says, “Since these people draw near with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, yet their hearts are far from Me, and their fear of Me is a mitzvah taught by men.
But when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he committed and does what is lawful and right, his soul will live.
God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
Rather, I punish my body and bring it into submission, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt. For they did not remain in My covenant, and I did not care for them, says Adonai.
They have abandoned the straight way. They have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.