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May our God come and not keep quiet. A fire burns before Him, and around Him is a powerful storm.

And the heavens will tell how right and good He is, for God Himself is judge.

"Listen, O My people, and I will speak. O Israel, I will speak against you. I am God, your God.

Give a gift of thanks on the altar to God. And pay your promises to the Most High.

But to the sinful, God says: "What right do you have to tell of My Laws, and take My agreement in your mouth?

"Now think about this, you who forget God, or I will tear you in pieces and there will be no one to save you.

He who gives a gift of thanks honors Me. And to him who makes his way right, I will show him the saving power of God."

O God, favor me because of Your loving-kindness. Take away my wrong-doing because of the greatness of Your loving-pity.

Make a clean heart in me, O God. Give me a new spirit that will not be moved.

Save me from the guilt of blood, O God. You are the God Who saves me. Then my tongue will sing with joy about how right and good You are.

The gifts on an altar that God wants are a broken spirit. O God, You will not hate a broken heart and a heart with no pride.

Why do you take pride in wrong-doing, O powerful man? The loving-kindness of God lasts all day long.

But God will destroy you forever. He will pick you up and pull you away from your tent. He will pull up your roots from the land of the living.

"Look, the man who would not make God his safe place, but trusted in his many riches and was strong in his sinful desire."

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the loving-kindness of God forever and ever.

The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are sinful and have done bad things. There is no one who does good.

God has looked down from heaven at the children of men to see if there is anyone who understands and looks for God.

Have those who do wrong no understanding? They eat up My people like they eat bread. They have not called upon God.

There they were, in much fear, where there was nothing to be afraid of. For God has spread out the bones of those who come against you. You put them to shame, because God has turned away from them.

O, that the saving of Israel would come out of Zion! Jacob will be full of joy and Israel will be glad when God returns His people to their land.