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A psalm of◦ Asaph.
God◦, God Jehovah, has spoken,
and called the earth from the rising◦ of the sun even··to its going··in.
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Out··of Zion, the completeness of beauty,
God has shone··forth.
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Our God shall come and not be··silent;
a fire shall devour before Him,
and it shall be· very ·tempestuous all around Him.
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He shall call to▵ the heavens from above, and to▵ the earth,
to make··judgment◦ for His people:
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gather My merciful ones to Me;
those who have cut a covenant with Me by sacrifice.
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And its heavens shall tell His justice;
for God, He◦ is a judge. Selah.
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Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against◦ thee;
I▵ am God, thy God.
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I will not reprove thee for▵ thy sacrifices;
and thy burnt··offerings continually in· My ·presence:
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I will not take a bullock from thy house,
nor he-goats from thy pens.
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For every animal of the forest is Mine,
the beasts on◦ mountains of a thousand.
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I know every fowl of the mountains;
and the wild··beast of My fields is with··Me.
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If I were··hungry, I would not say so to thee;
for the world is Mine and the fulness of it.
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Will I eat the flesh of bulls,
and drink the blood of he-goats?
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Sacrifice to God confession;
and pay to the Most··High thy vows:
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and call Me in the day of adversity;
I will set· thee ·free and thou shalt glorify Me.
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But to the wicked God says,
What is it to thee to recount◦ My statutes,
and that thou takest··up My covenant upon thy mouth?
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Since thou◦ hatest chastening,
and castest My words behind thee.
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If thou seest a thief, thou runnest with▵ him,
and with▵ adulterers is thy part.
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Thou sendest forth thy mouth to evil,
and thy tongue weaves deceit.
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Thou sittest, thou speakest against◦ thy brother;
thou givest out scandal against◦ thy mother’s son.
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These things hast thou done, and I was··silent;
thou didst consider that I am as▵ thyself;
I will reprove thee,
and set· Myself ·in··array before thine eyes.
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Now◦ understand this, you who forget God▵,
lest I tear, and there be none to rescue:
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he who sacrifices in confession, glorifies Me;
and to him who sets a way, I will show the salvation of God.
