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14 “Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving
    and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
15 Then if you cry out to me in time of trouble,
    I will rescue you, and you will honor me.”
16 [a]But to the wicked God says:
    “How can you recite my statutes
    or profess my covenant on your lips?

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 50:16 Another type of formalism is to have religion or the law on one’s lips more than in one’s heart and life. There is no authentic faith unless it includes a moral commitment and notably that of justice and respect toward others: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my heavenly Father” (Mt 7:21).

14 “Sacrifice thank offerings(A) to God,
    fulfill your vows(B) to the Most High,(C)
15 and call(D) on me in the day of trouble;(E)
    I will deliver(F) you, and you will honor(G) me.”

16 But to the wicked person, God says:

“What right have you to recite my laws
    or take my covenant(H) on your lips?(I)

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