The Mighty One Calls 1 WBS A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising to the setting of the sun. 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 WBS Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. BSB BSB: From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
3 WBS Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous around him. BSB BSB: Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him.
4 WBS 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 WBS 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 WBS 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 WBS Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even 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 WBS I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy 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 WBS I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds. BSB BSB: I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
10 WBS For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. BSB BSB: for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 WBS 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 WBS If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: 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 WBS 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 WBS Offer to God thanksgiving; 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 WBS And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. BSB BSB: Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
16 WBS But to the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take 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 WBS Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. BSB BSB: For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
18 WBS When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. BSB BSB: When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers.
19 WBS Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. BSB BSB: You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.
20 WBS Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thy own mother's son. BSB BSB: You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.
21 WBS These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine 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 WBS Now consider this, ye 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 WBS Whoever offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his deportment 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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