Young's Literal Translation YLT
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1 A Psalm of Asaph. The God of gods -- Jehovah -- hath spoken, And He calleth to the earth From the rising of the sun unto its going in.
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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 From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shone.
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From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
3 Our God cometh, and is not silent, Fire before Him doth devour, And round about him it hath been very tempestuous.
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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 doth call unto the heavens from above, And unto the earth, to judge His people.
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He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that he may judge his people:
5 Gather ye to Me My saints, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice.
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“Gather to me this consecrated people, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
6 And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself [is] judge. 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 speak, O Israel, and I testify against thee, God, thy God [am] I.
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“Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel: I am God, your God.
8 Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings [Are] before Me continually.
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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 take not from thy house a bullock, From thy folds he goats.
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I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens,
10 For Mine [is] every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen.
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for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field [is] with Me.
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I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields are mine.
12 If I am hungry I tell not to thee, For Mine [is] the world and its fulness.
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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 Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats?
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Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
14 Sacrifice to God confession, And complete to the Most High thy vows.
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“Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High,
15 And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.
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and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
16 And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee -- to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on 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 Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.
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You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you.
18 If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers [is] thy portion.
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When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers.
19 Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,
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You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.
20 Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.
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You sit and testify against your brother and slander your own mother’s son.
21 These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array 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 Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.
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“Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
23 He who is sacrificing praise honoureth Me, As to him who maketh a way, I cause him to look on 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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