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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 Supreme God, God, Yahweh, has spoken and summoned [the] earth, from [the] rising of [the] sun to its setting.
2 From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
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From Zion, [the] perfection of beauty, God shines 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 comes and he is not silent. Before him fire devours, and around him it is very tempestuous.
4 He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that he may judge his people:
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He summons the heavens above and the earth that he might judge his people:
5 “Gather to me this consecrated people, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
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"Gather to me my loyal ones, [those] who 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 declare his righteousness, because God himself is judge. 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 against you. I am God, your 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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It is not concerning [a lack of] your sacrifices [that] I rebuke you, and your burnt offerings [are] before me continually.
9 I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens,
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I will not take from your house a bull [or] from your stalls a he-goat,
10 for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.
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because every animal of the forest is mine, [the] cattle on 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 every bird of [the] mountains, and [every] moving creature in [the] field [is] 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 you, because [the] world and its fullness [are] mine.
13 Do 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 “Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High,
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Offer to God a thank offering and pay your vows to [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 me in [the] day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will 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 to the wicked God says, "What [right] have you to recite my statutes and {mention my covenant with your mouth},
17 You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you.
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while you yourself hate discipline, and cast my words behind you?
18 When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers.
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When you see a thief, then you are pleased with him, and your association [is] with adulterers.
19 You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.
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You give your mouth free rein for evil, and you harness your tongue to deceit.
20 You sit and testify against your brother and slander your own mother’s son.
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You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your 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] you have done, and I have been silent; You imagined that I was just like you. I will rebuke you and present [an argument] before your 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, you who forget God, lest I tear [you] apart, and there [will 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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He who sacrifices a thank offering honors me, and he [who] orders [his] way; I will show him the salvation of God."
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