The Mighty One Calls 1 UDB God, the all-powerful one, speaks; he summons all people, from the east to the west. 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 UDB His glory shines from Mount Zion in Jerusalem, an extremely beautiful city. BSB BSB: From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
3 UDB Our God comes to us, and he is not silent. A great fire is in front of him, and a storm is around him. BSB BSB: Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
4 UDB He comes to judge his people. He shouts to the angels in heaven and to the people on the earth. BSB BSB: He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
5 UDB He says, "Summon those who faithfully worship me, those who made a covenant with me by offering sacrifices to me." BSB BSB: “Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
6 UDB The angels in heaven declare, "God is righteous, and he is the supreme judge." BSB BSB: And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
7 UDB God says, "My people, listen! You Israelite people, listen, as I, your God, say what you have done that is wrong. BSB BSB: “Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God.
8 UDB I am not rebuking you for making sacrifices to me, for the offerings that you always burn on the altar for me. BSB BSB: I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
9 UDB But I do not really need the bulls from your barns and the goats from your pens that you sacrifice, BSB BSB: I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
10 UDB because all the animals in the forest belong to me, and all the cattle on a thousand hills also belong to me. BSB BSB: for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 UDB I know and own all the birds in the mountains, and all the creatures that move around in the fields. BSB BSB: I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
12 UDB So if I were hungry, I would not tell you to bring me some food, because everything in the world belongs to me! BSB BSB: If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
13 UDB I do not eat the flesh of the bulls that you sacrifice, and I do not drink the blood of the goats that you offer to me. BSB BSB: Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14 UDB The sacrifice that I really want is that you thank me and do all that you have promised to do. BSB BSB: Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
15 UDB Pray to me when you have troubles. If you do that, I will rescue you, and then you will praise me. BSB BSB: Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
16 UDB But I say this to the wicked people: Why do you recite my commandments or talk about the covenant that I made with you? 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 UDB For you have refused to allow me to discipline you, and you have rejected what I told you to do. BSB BSB: For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
18 UDB Every time that you see a thief, you become his friend, and you spend much time with those who commit adultery. BSB BSB: When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
19 UDB You are always talking about doing wicked things, and you are always trying to deceive people. BSB BSB: You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.
20 UDB You are always accusing members of your own family and slandering them. BSB BSB: You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
21 UDB You did all those things, and I did not say anything to you, so you thought that I was a sinner just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you, right in front of you. 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 UDB So, all you who have ignored me, pay attention to this because if you do not, I will tear you to pieces, and there will be no one to rescue you. BSB BSB: Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
23 UDB The sacrifice that truly honors me is to thank me for what I have done, and I will save those who always do the things that I want them to." 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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