The Mighty One Calls 1 Brenton A Psalm for Asaph. The God of gods, 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 Brenton Out of Sion comes the excellence of his beauty. BSB BSB: From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
3 Brenton God, our God, shall come manifestly, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall be kindled before him, and round about him there shall be a very great tempest. BSB BSB: Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
4 Brenton He shall summon the heaven above, and 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 Brenton Assemble ye his saints to him, those that have engaged in a covenant with him upon sacrifices. BSB BSB: “Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
6 Brenton And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge. Pause. BSB BSB: And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
7 Brenton Hear, my people, and I will speak to thee, O Israel: and I will testify to thee: I am God, thy 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 Brenton I will not reprove thee on account of thy sacrifices; for thy whole-burnt-offerings are before me continually. BSB BSB: I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
9 Brenton I will take no bullocks out of thine house, nor he-goats out of thy flocks. BSB BSB: I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
10 Brenton For all the wild beasts of the thicket are mine, the cattle on the mountains, and oxen. BSB BSB: for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 Brenton I know all the birds of the sky; and the beauty of the field is mine. BSB BSB: I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
12 Brenton If I should be hungry, I will not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness of it. BSB BSB: If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
13 Brenton 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 Brenton Offer to God the sacrifice of praise; and pay thy vows to the Most High. BSB BSB: Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
15 Brenton And call upon me in the day of affliction; and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. Pause. BSB BSB: Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
16 Brenton But to the sinner God has said, Why dost thou declare my ordinances, and take up my covenant in thy 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 Brenton Whereas thou hast hated instruction, and hast cast my words behind thee . BSB BSB: For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
18 Brenton If thou sawest a thief, thou rannest along with him, and hast cast in thy lot with adulterers. BSB BSB: When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
19 Brenton Thy mouth has multiplied wickedness, and thy tongue has framed deceit. BSB BSB: You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.
20 Brenton Thou didst sit and speak against thy brother, and didst scandalise thy mother's son. BSB BSB: You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
21 Brenton These things thou didst, and I kept silence: thou thoughtest wickedly that I should be like thee; but I will reprove thee, and set thine offences before thee. 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 Brenton Now consider these things, ye that forget God, lest he rend you , and there be no deliverer. BSB BSB: Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
23 Brenton The sacrifice of praise will glorify me: and that is the way wherein I will shew to him 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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