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A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
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From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
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Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
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He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
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“Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
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And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
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“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
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I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
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I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
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for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.
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I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
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If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
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Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
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Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
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Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
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To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
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For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
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When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
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You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.
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You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
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You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
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Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
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He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
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