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A PSALM OF ASAPH. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. |
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Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. |
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Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest. |
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He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people: |
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"Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!" |
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The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! Selah |
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"Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God. |
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Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me. |
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I will not accept a bull from your house or goats from your folds. |
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For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. |
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I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine. |
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"If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine. |
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Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? |
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Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, |
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and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me." |
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But to the wicked God says: "What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips? |
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For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you. |
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If you see a thief, you are pleased with him, and you keep company with adulterers. |
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"You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit. |
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You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son. |
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These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you. |
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"Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver! |
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The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!" |
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