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New International Version (NIV) |
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1 The Almighty God, the Lord, speaks; he calls to the whole 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 God shines from Zion, the city perfect in its beauty.
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2 From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
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3 Our God is coming, but not in silence; a raging fire is in front of him, a furious storm 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 He calls heaven and earth as witnesses to see him 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 He says, "Gather my faithful people to me, those who made a covenant with me by offering a 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 that God is righteous, that he himself is judge.
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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 reprimand you because of your sacrifices and the burnt offerings you always bring 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 And yet I do not need bulls from your farms or goats from your flocks;
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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 all the animals in the forest are mine and the cattle on thousands of 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 All the wild birds are mine and all living things in the fields.
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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 ask you for food, 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 Let the giving of thanks be your sacrifice to God, and give the Almighty all that you promised.
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14 Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High,
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15 Call to me when trouble comes; I will save you, and you will praise 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, "Why should you recite my commandments? Why should you talk about my covenant?
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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 refuse to let me correct you; you reject my commands.
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17 You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you.
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18 You become the friend of every thief you see, 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 are always ready to speak evil; you never hesitate to tell lies.
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19 You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.
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20 You are ready to accuse your own relatives and to find fault with them.
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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 all this, and I have said nothing, so you thought that I am like you. But now I reprimand you and make the matter plain to 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 "Listen to this, you that ignore me, or I will destroy you, and there will be no one to save you.
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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 Giving thanks is the sacrifice that honors me, and I will surely save all who obey me."
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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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| Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission. (Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
