New Living Translation NLT
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 The LORD, the Mighty One, is God, and he has spoken; he has summoned all humanity from where the sun rises to where it sets.
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A Psalm of Asaph. The God of gods -- Jehovah -- hath spoken, And He calleth to the earth From the rising of the sun unto its going in.
2 From Mount Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines in glorious radiance.
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From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shone.
3 Our God approaches, and he is not silent. Fire devours everything in his way, and a great storm rages around him.
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Our God cometh, and is not silent, Fire before Him doth devour, And round about him it hath been very tempestuous.
4 He calls on the heavens above and earth below to witness the judgment of his people.
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He doth call unto the heavens from above, And unto the earth, to judge His people.
5 “Bring my faithful people to me— those who made a covenant with me by giving sacrifices.”
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Gather ye to Me My saints, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice.
6 Then let the heavens proclaim his justice, for God himself will be the judge. Interlude
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And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself [is] judge. Selah.
7 “O my people, listen as I speak. Here are my charges against you, O Israel: I am God, your God!
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Hear, O My people, and I speak, O Israel, and I testify against thee, God, thy God [am] I.
8 I have no complaint about your sacrifices or the burnt offerings you constantly offer.
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Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings [Are] before Me continually.
9 But I do not need the bulls from your barns or the goats from your pens.
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I take not from thy house a bullock, From thy folds he goats.
10 For all the animals of the forest are mine, and I own the cattle on a thousand hills.
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For Mine [is] every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen.
11 I know every bird on the mountains, and all the animals of the field are mine.
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I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field [is] with Me.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for all the world is mine and everything in it.
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If I am hungry I tell not to thee, For Mine [is] the world and its fulness.
13 Do I eat the meat of bulls? Do I drink the blood of goats?
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Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats?
14 Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God, and keep the vows you made to the Most High.
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Sacrifice to God confession, And complete to the Most High thy vows.
15 Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory.”
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And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.
16 But God says to the wicked: “Why bother reciting my decrees and pretending to obey my covenant?
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And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee -- to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth?
17 For you refuse my discipline and treat my words like trash.
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Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.
18 When you see thieves, you approve of them, and you spend your time with adulterers.
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If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers [is] thy portion.
19 Your mouth is filled with wickedness, and your tongue is full of lies.
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Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,
20 You sit around and slander your brother— your own mother’s son.
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Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.
21 While you did all this, I remained silent, and you thought I didn’t care. But now I will rebuke you, listing all my charges against you.
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These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes.
22 Repent, all of you who forget me, or I will tear you apart, and no one will help you.
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Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.
23 But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me. If you keep to my path, I will reveal to you the salvation of God.”
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He who is sacrificing praise honoureth Me, As to him who maketh a way, I cause him to look on the salvation of God!