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[[A Psalm Chapter of Asaph.]]
[1]The God of gods, even the Lord that hath spoken and called the earth from the rising up of the sun unto the going down thereof. [1]The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
[2]Out of Zion, which is the perfection of beauty, hath God shined. [2]Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
[3]Our God shall come and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and a mighty tempest shall be moved round about him. [3]Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
[4]He shall call the heaven above, and the earth to judge his people. [4]He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
[5]Gather my Saints together unto me, those that make a covenant with me with sacrifice. [5]Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
[6]And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah. [6]And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
[7]Hear, O my people, and I will speak: hear, O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: for I am God, even thy God. [7]Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
[8]I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, or thy burnt offerings, that have not been continually before me. [8]I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
[9]I will take no bullock out of thine house, nor goats out of thy folds. [9]I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
[10]For all the beasts of the forest are mine, and the beasts on a thousand mountains. [10]For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
[11]I know all the fouls on the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. [11]I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
[12]If I be hungry, I will not tell thee: for the world is mine, and all that therein is. [12]If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
[13]Will I eat the flesh of bulls? Or drink the blood of goats? [13]Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
[14]Offer unto God praise, and pay thy vows unto the Most High, [14]Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
[15]And call upon me in the day of trouble: so will I deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. [15]And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
[16]But unto the wicked said God, What hast thou to do to declare mine ordinances, that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth, [16]But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
[17]Seeing thou hatest to be reformed, and hast cast my words behind thee? [17]Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.
[18]For when thou seest a thief, thou runnest with him, and thou art partaker with the adulterers. [18]When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
[19]Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and with thy tongue thou forgetest deceit. [19]Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
[20]Thou sittest, and speakest against thy brother, and slanderest thy mother's son. [20]Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
[21]These things hast thou done, and I held my tongue: therefore thou thoughtest that I was like thee: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thee. [21]These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
[22]Oh consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none that can deliver you. [22]Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
[23]He that offereth praise, shall glorify me: and to him, that disposeth his way aright, will I show the salvation of God. [23]Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
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