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[1] THE God of gods, the LORD, has spoken and called the earth from the rising of the sun to the going down thereof.
[2] Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined.
[3] Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence; a fire shall consume before him, and it shall flame round about him greatly.
[4] He shall call to the heavens from above and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
[5] Gather unto him, O you, his saints, those that have made a covenant with him by sacrifice.
[6] And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God himself is judge.
[7] Hear, O my people, and I will speak to you; O Israel, I will testify to thee: I am God, even your God.
[8] I reproved you not for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings; they are continually before me.
[9] I will take no bullocks out of your house nor he-goats out of your folds.
[10] For all the beasts of the forest are mine, and the cattle and the oxen upon the hills.
[11] I know all the fowls of the air; and the wild beasts of the desert are mine.
[12] If I were hungry, I should not tell you; for the world is mine and the fulness thereof.
[13] I eat not the flesh of bulls, neither do I drink the blood of goats.
[14] Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; and fulfil your vows to the most High.
[15] Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will strengthen you, and you shall glorify me.
[16] But to the sinner, God says, How have you followed the books of my law? You have observed my covenant lightly,
[17] Seeing that you hate my instruction and cast my words behind you.
[18] When you saw a thief, you joined with him, and you have been a partaker with adulterers.
[19] You have given your mouth to evil and your tongue speaks deceit.
[20] You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
[21] All of these things have you done, and I kept silence; you thought that I was wicked like you; but I will reprove you, and correct these sins before your eyes.
[22] Now understand this, O you who forget God, lest you be crushed and there be none to deliver.
[23] Whosoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me; and to him will I show the way of the salvation of our God.
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