53 lines
2.1 KiB
Markdown
53 lines
2.1 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 50
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1 The Mighty One, God the Lord,
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speaks and summons the earth
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from the rising of the sun to its setting.
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2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
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God shines forth.
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3 Our God comes; he does not keep silence;
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before him is a devouring fire,
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around him a mighty tempest.
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4 He calls to the heavens above
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and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
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5 “Gather to me my faithful ones,
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who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”
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6 The heavens declare his righteousness,
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for God himself is judge! Selah
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7 “Hear, O my people, and I will speak;
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O Israel, I will testify against you.
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I am God, your God.
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8 Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you;
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your burnt offerings are continually before me.
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9 I will not accept a bull from your house
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or goats from your folds.
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10 For every beast of the forest is mine,
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the cattle on a thousand hills.
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11 I know all the birds of the hills,
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and all that moves in the field is mine.
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12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
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for the world and its fullness are mine.
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13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
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or drink the blood of goats?
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14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,
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and perform your vows to the Most High,
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15 and call upon me in the day of trouble;
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I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”
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16 But to the wicked God says:
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“What right have you to recite my statutes
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or take my covenant on your lips?
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17 For you hate discipline,
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and you cast my words behind you.
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18 If you see a thief, you are pleased with him,
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and you keep company with adulterers.
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19 “You give your mouth free rein for evil,
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and your tongue frames deceit.
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20 You sit and speak against your brother;
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you slander your own mother's son.
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21 These things you have done, and I have been silent;
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you thought that I was one like yourself.
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But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.
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22 “Mark this, then, you who forget God,
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lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver!
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23 The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;
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to one who orders his way rightly
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I will show the salvation of God!” |