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1 God, the Lord God speaks; He summons the earth from east to west.
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1 The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets.
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2 From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God appears in radiance.
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2 From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
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3 Our God is coming; He will not be silent! Devouring fire precedes Him, and a storm rages around Him.
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3 Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a tempest rages.
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4 On high, He summons heaven and earth in order to judge His people.
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4 He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that he may judge his people:
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5 "Gather My faithful ones to Me, those who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice."
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5 "Gather to me my consecrated ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice."
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6 The heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God is the judge. Selah
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6 And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for God himself is judge. "Selah"
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7 "Listen, My people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel. I am God, your God.
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7 "Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
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8 I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices or for your burnt offerings, which are continually before Me.
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8 I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.
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9 I will not accept a bull from your household or male goats from your pens,
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9 I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens,
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10 for every animal of the forest is Mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
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10 for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.
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11 I know every bird of the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
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11 I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are mine.
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12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and everything in it is Mine.
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12 If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
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13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
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13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
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14 Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and pay your vows to the Most High.
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14 Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High,
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15 Call on Me in a day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will honor Me."
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15 and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me."
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16 But God says to the wicked: "What right do you have to recite My statutes and to take My covenant on your lips?
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16 But to the wicked, God says: "What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips?
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17 You hate instruction and turn your back on My words.
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17 You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you.
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18 When you see a thief, you make friends with him, and you associate with adulterers.
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18 When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers.
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19 You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue for deceit.
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19 You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.
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20 You sit, maligning your brother, slandering your mother's son.
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20 You speak continually against your brother and slander your own mother's son.
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21 You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But I will rebuke you and lay out the case before you.
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21 These things you have done and I kept silent; you thought I was altogether like you. But I will rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
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22 "Understand this, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart, and there will be no rescuer.
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22 "Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with none to rescue:
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23 Whoever sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and whoever orders his conduct, I will show him the salvation of God."
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23 He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me, and he prepares the way so that I may show him the salvation of God."
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