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1THE Mighty One, God the Lord,
speaks and summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets.
2 From Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God shines forth.
3 Our God comes and does not keep silent;
a fire devours before Him,
and around Him a tempest rages.
4 He summons the heavens and the earth from on High,
that He may judge His people:
5 “Gather My faithful ones to Me;
those who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
6 The heavens declare His righteousness,
for God Himself is judge! Selah
7 “Hear, O My people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will testify against you;
I am God, your God.
8 I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices
or your burnt offerings,
which are continually before Me.
9 I have no need of a bull from your household,
or male goats from your pens,
10 for every animal of the forest is Mine,
and the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know every bird in the mountains,
and the creatures in the fields are Mine.
12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world is Mine, and all it contains.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls,
or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and pay your vows to the Most High.
15 Call upon Me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you will honour Me.”
16 But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to recite My statutes,
or take My covenant on your lips?
17 For you hate instruction,
and cast My words behind you.
18 When you see a thief,
you make friends with him;
and you keep company with adulterers.
19 You give your mouth over to evil,
and frame deceit with your tongue.
20 You sit and speak against your brother;
you slander your own mother’s son.
21 “These things you have done and I kept silent;
you thought that I was altogether like you.
But I will rebuke you
and accuse you before your eyes.
22 “Now consider this, you who forget God,
or I will tear you in pieces, with no one to rescue you.
23 Whoever sacrifices a thank offering honours Me,
and whoever orders his conduct rightly,
I will show the salvation of God.”