God Himself Is Judge
A Psalm of Asaph.
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1The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth 2from the rising of the sun to its setting.
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Our God comes; he 5does not keep silence;a before him is a devouring 6fire, around him a mighty tempest.
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7He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
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"Gather to me my faithful ones, who made 8a covenant with me by sacrifice!"
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11"Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you. 12I am God, your God.
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Not for your sacrifices 13do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me.
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I will not accept a bull from your house or goats from your folds.
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For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
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14I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine.
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"If I were hungry, I would not tell you, 15for the world and its fullness are mine.
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Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
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But to the wicked God says: "What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips?
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"You give your mouth free rein for evil, 25and your tongue frames deceit.
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You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
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(English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online)