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