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| The LORD, the God of gods, has spoken; *
he has called the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
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| Out of Zion, perfect in its beauty, *
God reveals himself in glory.
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| Our God will come and will not keep silence;
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before him there is a consuming flame,
and round about him a raging storm.
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| He calls the heavens and the earth from above
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to witness the judgment of his people.
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| "Gather before me my loyal followers,
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those who have made a covenant with me
and sealed it with sacrifice."
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| Let the heavens declare the rightness of
his cause; *
for God himself is judge.
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| Hear, O my people, and I will speak:
"O Israel, I will bear witness against you; *
for I am God, your God.
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| I do not accuse you because of your sacrifices;
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your offerings are always before me.
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| I will take no bull-calf from your stalls,
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nor he-goats out of your pens;
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| For all the beasts of the forest are mine,
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the herds in their thousands upon the hills.
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| I know every bird in the sky, *
and the creatures of the fields are in my sight.
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| If I were hungry, I would not tell you, *
for the whole world is mine and all that is in it.
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| Do you think I eat the flesh of bulls, *
or drink the blood of goats?
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| Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving
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and make good your vows to the Most High.
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| Call upon me in the day of trouble; *
I will deliver you, and you shall honor me."
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| But to the wicked God says: *
"Why do you recite my statutes,
and take my covenant upon your lips;
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| Since you refuse discipline, *
and toss my words behind your back?
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| When you see a thief, you make him your friend,
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and you cast in your lot with adulterers.
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| You have loosed your lips for evil, *
and harnessed your tongue to a lie.
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| You are always speaking evil of your brother
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and slandering your own mother's son.
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| These things you have done, and I kept still,
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and you thought that I am like you."
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| "I have made my accusation; *
I have put my case in order before your eyes.
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| Consider this well, you who forget God, *
lest I rend you and there be none to deliver you.
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| Whoever offers me the sacrifice of thanksgiving
honors me; *
but to those who keep in my way will I show the salvation of
God."
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