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NEW KING JAMES VERSION
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The Mighty One, God the LORD,
Has spoken and called the earth
From the rising of the sun to its going down.
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Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God will shine forth.
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Our God shall come, and shall not keep 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, that He may judge His people:
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“Gather My saints together to Me,
Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
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Let the heavens declare His righteousness,
For God Himself is Judge. Selah
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“Hear, O My people, and I will speak,
O Israel, and I will testify against you;
I am God, your God!
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I will not rebuke you for your sacrifices
Or your burnt offerings,
Which are continually before Me.
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I will not take a bull from your house,
Nor goats out of your folds.
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For every beast of the forest is Mine,
And the cattle on a thousand hills.
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I know all the birds of the mountains,
And the wild beasts of the field are Mine.
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“If I were hungry, I would not tell you;
For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.
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Will I eat the flesh of bulls,
Or drink the blood of goats?
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Offer to God thanksgiving,
And pay 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 glorify Me.”
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But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to declare My statutes,
Or take My covenant in your mouth,
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Seeing you hate instruction
And cast My words behind you?
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When you saw a thief, you consented with him,
And have been a partaker with adulterers.
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You give your mouth to evil,
And 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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These things you have done, and I kept silent;
You thought that I was altogether like you;
But I will rebuke you,
And set them in order before your eyes.
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“Now consider this, you who forget God,
Lest I tear you in pieces,
And there be none to deliver:
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Whoever offers praise glorifies Me;
And to him who orders his conduct aright
I will show the salvation of God.”
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