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(A psalm by Asaph.)
What Pleases God
1 From east to west,
the powerful Lord God
has been calling together
everyone on earth.
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1 The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
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2 God shines brightly from Zion,
the most beautiful city.
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2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
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3 Our God approaches,
but not silently;
a flaming fire comes first,
and a storm surrounds him.
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3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
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4 God comes to judge his people.
He shouts to the heavens
and to the earth,
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4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
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5 “Call my followers together!
They offered me a sacrifice,
and we made an agreement.”
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5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
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6 The heavens announce,
“God is the judge,
and he is always honest.”
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6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
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7 My people, I am God!
Israel, I am your God.
Listen to my charges
against you.
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7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
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8 Although you offer sacrifices
and always bring gifts,
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8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
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9 I won't accept your offerings
of bulls and goats.
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9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
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10 Every animal in the forest
belongs to me,
and so do the cattle
on a thousand hills.
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10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
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11 I know all the birds
in the mountains,
and every wild creature
is in my care.
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11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. mine: Heb. with me
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12 If I were hungry,
I wouldn't tell you,
because I own the world
and everything in it.
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12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
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13 I don't eat the meat of bulls
or drink the blood of goats.
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13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
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14 I am God Most High!
The only sacrifice I want
is for you to be thankful
and to keep your word.
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14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
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15 Pray to me in time of trouble.
I will rescue you,
and you will honor me.
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15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
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16 But to the wicked I say:
“You don't have the right
to mention my laws or claim
to keep our agreement!
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16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
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17 You refused correction
and rejected my commands.
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17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
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18 You made friends
with every crook you met,
and you liked people who break
their wedding vows.
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18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. hast...: Heb. thy portion was with
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19 You talked only about violence
and told nothing but lies;
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19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. givest: Heb. sendest
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20 you sat around gossiping,
ruining the reputation
of your own relatives.”
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20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
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21 When you did all of this,
I didn't say a word,
and you thought,
“God is just like us!”
But now I will accuse you.
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21 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.
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22 You have ignored me!
So pay close attention
or I will tear you apart,
and no one can help you.
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22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
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23 The sacrifice that honors me
is a thankful heart.
Obey me, i 50.23 Obey me: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
and I, your God,
will show my power to save.
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23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God. that...: Heb. that disposeth his way
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