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1 A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, [even] the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising to the setting of the sun.
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The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to where it sets.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
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From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous around him.
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Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a tempest rages.
4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
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He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that he may judge his people:
5 Gather my saints together to me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
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“Gather to me this consecrated people, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God [is] judge himself. Selah.
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And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for he is a God of justice.
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I [am] God, [even] thy God.
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“Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel: I am God, your God.
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt-offerings, [to have been] continually before me.
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I bring no charges against you concerning your sacrifices or concerning your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.
9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, [nor] he-goats out of thy folds.
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I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens,
10 For every beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the cattle upon a thousand hills.
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for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field [are] mine.
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I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields are mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world [is] mine, and the fullness thereof.
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If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
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Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer to God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows to the Most High:
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“Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High,
15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
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and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
16 But to the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or [that] thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
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But to the wicked person, God says: “What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips?
17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
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You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you.
18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
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When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers.
19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
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You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.
20 Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thy own mother's son.
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You sit and testify against your brother and slander your own mother’s son.
21 These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether [such an one] as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.
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When you did these things and I kept silent, you thought I was exactly like you. But I now arraign you and set my accusations before you.
22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, and [there be] none to deliver.
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“Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
23 Whoever offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth [his] deportment [aright] will I show the salvation of God.
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Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me, and to the blameless I will show my salvation.”
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