The Mighty One Calls 1 AKJV A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, even the LORD, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to the going down thereof. BSB BSB: A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
2 AKJV Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined. BSB BSB: From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
3 AKJV Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. BSB BSB: Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
4 AKJV He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. BSB BSB: He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
5 AKJV Gather my saints together to me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. BSB BSB: “Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
6 AKJV And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah. BSB BSB: And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
7 AKJV Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, even your God. BSB BSB: “Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
8 AKJV I will not reprove you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. BSB BSB: I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
9 AKJV I will take no bullock out of your house, nor he goats out of your folds. BSB BSB: I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
10 AKJV For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. BSB BSB: for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 AKJV I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. BSB BSB: I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
12 AKJV If I were hungry, I would not tell you: for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof. BSB BSB: If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
13 AKJV Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? BSB BSB: Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14 AKJV Offer to God thanksgiving; and pay your vows to the most High: BSB BSB: Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
15 AKJV And call on me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. BSB BSB: Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
16 AKJV But to the wicked God says, What have you to do to declare my statutes, or that you should take my covenant in your mouth? BSB BSB: To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips?
17 AKJV Seeing you hate instruction, and casts my words behind you. BSB BSB: For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
18 AKJV When you saw a thief, then you consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers. BSB BSB: When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
19 AKJV You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit. BSB BSB: You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.
20 AKJV You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother’s son. BSB BSB: You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
21 AKJV These things have you done, and I kept silence; you thought that I was altogether such an one as yourself: but I will reprove you, and set them in order before your eyes. BSB BSB: You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
22 AKJV Now consider this, you that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. BSB BSB: Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
23 AKJV Whoever offers praise glorifies me: and to him that orders his conversation aright will I show the salvation of God. BSB BSB: He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rightly orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
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