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God Himself Is Judge

^1 (C1)The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, has spoken,
And called the earth ^(C2)from the rising of the sun to its setting.

² Out of Zion, ^(C1)the perfection of beauty,
God ^(C2)has shone forth.

³ May our God ^(C1)come and not be silent;
^(C2)Fire devours before Him,
And ^(C3)a storm whirls around Him.

⁴ He ^(C1)calls the heavens above,
And the earth, to render justice to His people:

⁵ "Gather My ^(C1)holy ones to Me,
Those who have cut a ^(C2)covenant with Me by ^(C3)sacrifice."

⁶ And the ^(C1)heavens declare His righteousness,
For ^(C2)God Himself is judge. ^Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude">(F1)Selah.

⁷ "^(C1)Hear, O My people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will testify ^(F1)against you;
I am God, ^(C2)your God.

⁸ "I do ^(C1)not reprove you for your sacrifices,
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

⁹ "I shall take no ^(C1)young bull out of your house
Nor male goats out of your folds.

¹⁰ "For ^(C1)every beast of the forest is Mine,
The cattle on a thousand hills.

¹¹ "I know every ^(C1)bird of the mountains,
And everything that moves in the field is ^(F1)Mine.

¹² "If I were hungry I would not tell you,
For the ^(C1)world is Mine, as well as its fullness.

¹³ "Shall I eat the flesh of ^(F1)(C1)bulls
Or drink the blood of male goats?

¹⁴ "Offer to God ^(C1)a sacrifice of thanksgiving
And ^(C2)pay your vows to the Most High;

^15 (C1)Call upon Me in the day of distress;
I shall ^(C2)rescue you, and you will ^(C3)glorify Me."

¹⁶ But to the wicked God says,
"What right have you to recount My statutes
And to take ^(C1)My covenant in your mouth?

¹⁷ "For you ^(C1)hate discipline,
And you ^(C2)cast My words behind you.

¹⁸ "When you see a thief, you ^(F1)(C1)are pleased with him,
And ^(F2)you ^(C2)associate with adulterers.

¹⁹ "You ^(F1)(C1)let your mouth loose in evil
And you harness your ^(C2)tongue for deceit.

²⁰ "You sit and ^(C1)speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother's son.

²¹ "These things you have done and ^(C1)I kept silent;
You thought that I was just like you;
I will ^(C2)reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.

²² "Now consider this, you who ^(C1)forget God,
Lest I ^(C2)tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver.

²³ "He who ^(C1)offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies Me;
And he who ^(F1)(C2)orders his way,
I shall ^(C3)show the salvation of God."