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God, the Judge of the Righteous and the Wicked.

^1 (C1)The Mighty One, God, the LORD, has spoken
And summoned the earth, ^(C2)from ^(F1)the rising of the sun to its setting.

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

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

⁴ He ^(C1)summons the heavens above,
And the earth, to judge His people:

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

⁶ And the ^(C1)heavens declare His righteousness,
For ^(C2)God Himself is judge. Selah

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

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

⁹ "I will not take a ^(C1)bull from your house,
Nor male goats from your folds.

¹⁰ "For ^(C1)every animal 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, and ^(F1)everything it contains.

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

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

^15 (C1)Call upon Me on the day of trouble;
I will ^(C2)rescue you, and you will ^(C3)honor Me."

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

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

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

¹⁹ "You ^(F1)(C1)let your mouth loose in evil,
And your ^(C2)tongue harnesses 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)rebuke you and present the case before your eyes.

²² "Now consider this, you who ^(C1)forget God,
Or I will ^(C2)tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to save you.

²³ "He who ^(C1)offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me;
And to him who ^(C2)sets his way properly
I will ^(C3)show the salvation of God."