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| 1A psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to where it sets. | 1The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. |
| 2From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth. | 2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. |
| 3Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a tempest rages. | 3Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest. |
| 4He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that he may judge his people: | 4He calls to the heavens 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." | 5“Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!” |
| 6And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for he is a God of justice. | 6The heavens 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. | 7“Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God. |
| 8I bring no charges against you concerning your sacrifices or concerning your burnt offerings, which are ever before me. | 8Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me. |
| 9I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens, | 9I will not accept a bull from your house or goats from your folds. |
| 10for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. | 10For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. |
| 11I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields are mine. | 11I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine. |
| 12If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it. | 12“If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine. |
| 13Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? | 13Do 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, | 14Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, |
| 15and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me." | 15and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.” |
| 16But to the wicked person, God says: "What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips? | 16But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips? |
| 17You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you. | 17For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you. |
| 18When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers. | 18If you see a thief, you are pleased with him, and you keep company with adulterers. |
| 19You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit. | 19“You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit. |
| 20You sit and testify against your brother and slander your own mother's son. | 20You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother’s son. |
| 21When 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. | 21These 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. |
| 22"Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you: | 22“Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver! |
| 23Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me, and to the blameless I will show my salvation." | 23The 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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