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The Mighty One, God, the Lord
Speaks and summons the earth
From the rising of the sun to where it sets
From Zion, perfect in beauty God shines forth

Our God comes and will not be silent
A fire devours before Him
And around Him a tempest rages
A tempest rages around Him

He summons the heavens above
And the earth, that He may judge His people:
“Gather to Me this consecrated people
Who made a covenant with me by sacrifice in love”

And the heavens proclaim His righteousness
For He is a God of justice the final
“Listen, my people, and I will speak
I will testify against you, Israel:

I am God, your God
I bring no charges against you concerning your sacrifices
Or concerning your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.
I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens

For every animal of the forest is mine
And the cattle on a thousand hills
I know every bird in the mountains
And the insects in the fields are also mine

If I were hungry I would not tell you
For the world is mine, and all that is in it
Do I drink the blood of goats
Or the flesh of bulls I eat?

“Sacrifice thank offerings to God
Fulfill your vows to the Most High, to Me
And call on Me in the day of trouble
I will deliver you, and you will honor Me”

But to the wicked person, God says:
“What right have you to recite my laws
Or take my covenant on your lips?
You’d better not tell your vows

You hate my instruction
And cast my words behind you
You throw in your lot with adulterers
When you see a thief, it’s ok when he joins you

You use your mouth for evil
And harness your tongue to deceit
You sit and testify against your brother
And slander your own mother’s son nice and sweet

When you did these things and I kept silent
You thought I was exactly like you
But I now arraign you
And set my accusations before you

“Consider this, you who forget God
Or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you from your nation:
Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me
And to the blameless I will show my salvation”