Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha LXX
New International Version NIV
1 The God of gods, the Lord, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to the going down thereof.
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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 Sion comes the excellence of his beauty.
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From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
3 God, our God, shall come manifestly, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall be kindled before him, and round about him there shall be a very great tempest.
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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 summon the heaven above, and 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 Assemble ye his saints to him, those that have engaged in a covenant with him upon sacrifices.
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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. Pause.
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And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for he is a God of justice.
7 Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel: and I will testify to thee: I am God, 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 on account of thy sacrifices; for thy whole-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 will take no bullocks out of thine house, nor he-goats out of thy flocks.
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I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens,
10 For all the wild beasts of the thicket are mine, the cattle on the mountains, and oxen.
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for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know all the birds of the sky; and the beauty of the field is mine.
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I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields are mine.
12 If I should be hungry, I will not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fullness of it.
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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 the sacrifice of praise; 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 affliction; and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. Pause.
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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 sinner God has said, Why dost thou declare my ordinances, and take up 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 Whereas thou hast hated instruction, and hast cast my words behind thee.
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You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you.
18 If thou sawest a thief, thou rannest along with him, and hast cast in thy lot with adulterers.
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When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers.
19 Thy mouth has multiplied wickedness, and thy tongue has framed deceit.
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You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.
20 Thou didst sit and speak against thy brother, and didst scandalize thy mother’s son.
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You sit and testify against your brother and slander your own mother’s son.
21 These things thou didst, and I kept silence: thou thoughtest wickedly that I should be like thee, but I will reprove thee, and set thine offences before thee.
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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 these things, ye that forget God, lest he rend you, 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 The sacrifice of praise will glorify me: and that is the way wherein I will shew to him 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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