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1 (49-1) <A psalm for Asaph.> The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken: and he hath called the earth. From the rising of the sun, to the going down thereof:
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The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to where it sets.
2 (49-2) Out of Sion the loveliness of his beauty.
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From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
3 (49-3) God shall come manifestly: our God shall come, and shall not keep silence. A fire shall burn before him: and a mighty tempest shall be round about him.
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Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a tempest rages.
4 (49-4) He shall call heaven from above, and the earth, to judge his people.
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He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that he may judge his people:
5 (49-5) Gather ye together his saints to him: who set his covenant before sacrifices.
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“Gather to me this consecrated people, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
6 (49-6) And the heavens shall declare his justice: for God is judge.
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And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for he is a God of justice.
7 (49-7) Hear, O my people, and I will speak: O Israel, and I will testify to thee: I am God, thy God.
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“Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel: I am God, your God.
8 (49-8) I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.
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I bring no charges against you concerning your sacrifices or concerning your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.
9 (49-9) I will not take calves out of thy house: nor he goats out of thy flocks.
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I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens,
10 (49-10) For all the beasts of the woods are mine: the cattle on the hills, and the oxen.
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for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 (49-11) I know all the fowls of the air: and with me is the beauty of the field.
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I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields are mine.
12 (49-12) If I should be hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
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If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
13 (49-13) Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? or shall I drink the blood of goats?
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Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
14 (49-14) Offer to God the sacrifice of praise: and pay thy vows to the most High.
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“Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High,
15 (49-15) And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
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and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
16 (49-16) But to the sinner God hath said: Why dost thou declare my justices, and take my covenant in thy mouth?
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But to the wicked person, God says: “What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips?
17 (49-17) Seeing thou hast hated discipline: and hast cast my words behind thee.
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You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you.
18 (49-18) If thou didst see a thief thou didst run with him: and with adulterers thou hast been a partaker.
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When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers.
19 (49-19) Thy mouth hath abounded with evil, and thy tongue framed deceits.
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You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.
20 (49-20) Sitting thou didst speak against thy brother, and didst lay a scandal against thy mother’s son:
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You sit and testify against your brother and slander your own mother’s son.
21 (49-21) These things hast thou done, and I was silent. Thou thoughtest unjustly that I should be like to thee: but I will reprove thee, and set before thy face.
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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.
22 (49-22) Understand these things, you that forget God; lest he snatch you away, and there be none to deliver you.
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“Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
23 (49-23) The sacrifice of praise shall glorify me: and there is the way by which I will shew him the salvation of God.
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Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me, and to the blameless I will show my salvation.”
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