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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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{A Psalm. Of Asaph.} God, Elohim-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 will come, and will not keep silence: fire shall devour before him, and it shall be 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 will call to the heavens from 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 unto me my godly ones, 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 executeth judgment 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, my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, 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, or thy burnt-offerings, 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, 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 fowl of the mountains, and the roaming creatures 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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Should I eat the flesh of bulls, and 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 thanksgiving, and perform 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, or that thou shouldest take my covenant into thy mouth,
17 You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you.
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Seeing thou hast hated correction and hast cast 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 didst take pleasure in him, and thy portion was with adulterers;
19 You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.
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Thou lettest thy mouth loose 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 revilest 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 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 in pieces, and there be no deliverer.
23 Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me, and to the blameless I will show my salvation.”
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Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me; and to him that ordereth [his] way will I shew the salvation of God.
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