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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.
God the Righteous Judge
A Psalm of Asaph.
The Mighty One, God the Lord,
Has spoken and called the earth
From the rising of the sun to its going down.
A Psalm of Asaph.
The Mighty One, God the Lord,
Has spoken and called the earth
From the rising of the sun to its going down.
From Mount Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God shines in glorious radiance.
God shines in glorious radiance.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God will shine forth.
God will shine forth.
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.
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent;
A fire shall devour before Him,
And it shall be very tempestuous all around Him.
A fire shall devour before Him,
And it shall be very tempestuous all around Him.
He calls on the heavens above and earth below
to witness the judgment of his people.
to witness the judgment of his people.
He shall call to the heavens from above,
And to the earth, that He may judge His people:
And to the earth, that He may judge His people:
“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.”
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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Let the heavens declare His righteousness,
For God Himself is Judge. Selah
For God Himself is Judge. Selah
“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!
“Hear, O My people, and I will speak,
O Israel, and I will testify against you;
I am God, your God!
O Israel, and I will testify against you;
I am God, your God!
I have no complaint about your sacrifices
or the burnt offerings you constantly offer.
or the burnt offerings you constantly offer.
But I do not need the bulls from your barns
or the goats from your pens.
or the goats from your pens.
I will not take a bull from your house,
Nor goats out of your folds.
Nor goats out of your folds.
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.
For every beast of the forest is Mine,
And the cattle on a thousand hills.
And the cattle on a thousand hills.
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.
I know all the birds of the mountains,
And the wild beasts of the field are Mine.
And the wild beasts of the field 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.
“If I were hungry, I would not tell you;
For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.
For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.
Do I eat the meat of bulls?
Do I drink the blood of goats?
Do I drink the blood of goats?
Will I eat the flesh of bulls,
Or drink the blood of goats?
Or 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.
Offer to God thanksgiving,
And pay your vows to the Most High.
And pay your vows to the Most High.
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.”
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.”
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?
But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to declare My statutes,
Or take My covenant in your mouth,
“What right have you to declare My statutes,
Or take My covenant in your mouth,
For you refuse my discipline
and treat my words like trash.
and treat my words like trash.
Seeing you hate instruction
And cast My words behind you?
And cast My words behind you?
When you see thieves, you approve of them,
and you spend your time with adulterers.
and you spend your time with adulterers.
Your mouth is filled with wickedness,
and your tongue is full of lies.
and your tongue is full of lies.
You give your mouth to evil,
And your tongue frames deceit.
And your tongue frames deceit.
You sit around and slander your brother —
your own mother’s son.
your own mother’s son.
You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.
You slander 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.
These things you have done, and I kept silent;
You thought that I was altogether like you;
But I will rebuke you,
And set them in order before your eyes.
You thought that I was altogether like you;
But I will rebuke you,
And set them in order before your eyes.
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.
“Now consider this, you who forget God,
Lest I tear you in pieces,
And there be none to deliver:
Lest I tear you in pieces,
And there be none to deliver: