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God Himself Is Judge
A Psalm of Asaph.
The Mighty One, God the Lord,
speaks and summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to its setting.
A Psalm of Asaph.
The Mighty One, God the Lord,
speaks and summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to its setting.
A psalm of Asaph.
The LORD, the Mighty One, is God,
and he has spoken;
he has summoned all humanity
from where the sun rises to where it sets.
The LORD, the Mighty One, is God,
and he has spoken;
he has summoned all humanity
from where the sun rises to where it sets.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God shines forth.
God shines forth.
From Mount Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God shines in glorious radiance.
God shines in glorious radiance.
Our God approaches,
and he is not silent.
Fire devours everything in his way,
and a great storm rages around him.
and he is not silent.
Fire devours everything in his way,
and a great storm rages around him.
He calls to the heavens above
and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
He calls on the heavens above and earth below
to witness the judgment of his people.
to witness the judgment of his people.
“Gather to me my faithful ones,
who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”
who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”
“Bring my faithful people to me —
those who made a covenant with me by giving sacrifices.”
those who made a covenant with me by giving sacrifices.”
The heavens declare his righteousness,
for God himself is judge! Selah
for God himself is judge! Selah
Then let the heavens proclaim his justice,
for God himself will be the judge.
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for God himself will be the judge.
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“Hear, O my people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will testify against you.
I am God, your God.
O Israel, I will testify against you.
I am God, your God.
“O my people, listen as I speak.
Here are my charges against you, O Israel:
I am God, your God!
Here are my charges against you, O Israel:
I am God, your God!
Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you;
your burnt offerings are continually before me.
your burnt offerings are continually before me.
I have no complaint about your sacrifices
or the burnt offerings you constantly offer.
or the burnt offerings you constantly offer.
I will not accept a bull from your house
or goats from your folds.
or goats from your folds.
But I do not need the bulls from your barns
or the goats from your pens.
or the goats from your pens.
For every beast of the forest is mine,
the cattle on a thousand hills.
the cattle on a thousand hills.
For all the animals of the forest are mine,
and I own the cattle on a thousand hills.
and I own the cattle on a thousand hills.
I know all the birds of the hills,
and all that moves in the field is mine.
and all that moves in the field is mine.
I know every bird on the mountains,
and all the animals of the field are mine.
and all the animals of the field are mine.
“If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world and its fullness are mine.
for the world and its fullness are mine.
If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for all the world is mine and everything in it.
for all the world is mine and everything in it.
Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?
or drink the blood of goats?
Do I eat the meat of bulls?
Do I drink the blood of goats?
Do I drink the blood of goats?
Make thankfulness your sacrifice to God,
and keep the vows you made to the Most High.
and keep the vows you made to the Most High.
and call upon me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”
Then call on me when you are in trouble,
and I will rescue you,
and you will give me glory.”
and I will rescue you,
and you will give me glory.”
But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to recite my statutes
or take my covenant on your lips?
“What right have you to recite my statutes
or take my covenant on your lips?
But God says to the wicked:
“Why bother reciting my decrees
and pretending to obey my covenant?
“Why bother reciting my decrees
and pretending to obey my covenant?
For you hate discipline,
and you cast my words behind you.
and you cast my words behind you.
For you refuse my discipline
and treat my words like trash.
and treat my words like trash.
If you see a thief, you are pleased with him,
and you keep company with adulterers.
and you keep company with adulterers.
When you see thieves, you approve of them,
and you spend your time with adulterers.
and you spend your time with adulterers.
“You give your mouth free rein for evil,
and your tongue frames deceit.
and your tongue frames deceit.
Your mouth is filled with wickedness,
and your tongue is full of lies.
and your tongue is full of lies.
You sit and speak against your brother;
you slander your own mother’s son.
you slander your own mother’s son.
You sit around and slander your brother —
your own mother’s son.
your own mother’s son.
While you did all this, I remained silent,
and you thought I didn’t care.
But now I will rebuke you,
listing all my charges against you.
and you thought I didn’t care.
But now I will rebuke you,
listing all my charges against you.
“Mark this, then, you who forget God,
lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver!
lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver!
Repent, all of you who forget me,
or I will tear you apart,
and no one will help you.
or I will tear you apart,
and no one will help you.