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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.>> The Mighty God, even the LORD, 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.
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 shall come and shall not keep silence; a devouring fire shall go 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 shall 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 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 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 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 or thy burnt offerings, to have been 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 hegoats 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 fowls 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 fullness 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 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, or that thou shouldest take 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, then thou consented with him, and thou 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 praise glorifieth Me; and to him that ordereth his manner of living aright, I will show the salvation of God."
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