Psa 50:16-21 | NIV | STEP | But to the wicked person, God says: ‘What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips?

Psalms 50:16-21

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.
19 You use your mouth for evil
and harness your tongue to deceit.
20 You sit and testify against your brother
and slander your own mother’s son.
21 When you did these things and I kept silent,
you thought I was exactly ^{▼▼Or thought the “I AM” was} like you.
But I now arraign you
and set my accusations before you.