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1 From the rising of the sun to where it sets, God, the LORD God, speaks, calling out to the earth.
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The mighty one, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2 From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines brightly.
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Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.
3 Our God is coming; he won't keep quiet. A devouring fire is before him; a storm rages all around him.
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Our God comes and does not keep silence, before him is a devouring fire, and a mighty tempest all around him.
4 God calls out to the skies above and to the earth in order to judge his people:
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He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
5 "Bring my faithful to me, those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice."
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"Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!"
6 The skies proclaim his righteousness because God himself is the judge. Selah
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The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. (Selah)
7 "Listen, my people, I will now speak; Israel, I will now testify against you. I am God—your God!
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"Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
8 I'm not punishing you for your sacrifices or for your entirely burned offerings, which are always before me.
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Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me.
9 I won't accept bulls from your house or goats from your corrals
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I will not accept a bull from your house, or goats from your folds.
10 because every forest animal already belongs to me, as do the cattle on a thousand hills.
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For every wild animal of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know every mountain bird; even the insects in the fields are mine.
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I know all the birds of the air, and all that moves in the field is mine.
12 Even if I were hungry, I wouldn't tell you because the whole world and everything in it already belong to me.
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"If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all that is in it is mine.
13 Do I eat bulls' meat? Do I drink goats' blood?
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Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer God a sacrifice of thanksgiving! Fulfill the promisesyou made to the Most High!
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Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High.
15 Cry out to me whenever you are in trouble; I will deliver you, then you will honor me."
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Call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me."
16 But to the wicked God says, "Why do you talk about my laws? Why do you even mention my covenant?
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But to the wicked God says: "What right have you to recite my statutes, or take my covenant on your lips?
17 You hate discipline, and you toss my words behind your back.
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For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.
18 You make friends with thieves whenever you see one; you spend your time with adulterers.
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You make friends with a thief when you see one, and you keep company with adulterers.
19 You set your mouth free to do evil, then harness your tongue to tell lies.
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"You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
20 You sit around, talking about your own siblings; you find fault with the children of your very own mother.
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You sit and speak against your kin; you slander your own mother's child.
21 You've done these things and I've kept quiet. You thought I was just like you! But now I'm punishing you; I'm laying it all out, right in front of your face.
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These things you have done and I have been silent; you thought that I was one just like yourself. But now I rebuke you, and lay the charge before you.
22 So consider this carefully, all you who forget God, or I'll rip you to pieces with no one to deliver you:
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"Mark this, then, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart, and there will be no one to deliver.
23 The one who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving is the one who honors me. And it is to the one who charts the correct path that I will show divine salvation."
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Those who bring thanksgiving as their sacrifice honor me; to those who go the right way I will show the salvation of God."
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