Psalms 50:4
He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
BSB
ASV
He calleth to the heavens above, And to the earth, that he may judge his people:
KJV
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth. Angels and men, the upper and the lower worlds, are called to witness the solemn scene. The whole creation shall stand in court to testify to the solemnity and the truth of the divine pleading. Both earth beneath and heaven above shall unite in condemning sin; the guilty shall have no appeal, though all are summoned that they may appeal if they dare.
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The walk8
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Deuteronomy 4:26I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it,…
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Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
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O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!
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Deuteronomy 30:19I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
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See, I have set before you today life and goodness, as well as death and disaster.
See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse—
I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
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Deuteronomy 32:1Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
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I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it,…
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Isaiah 1:2Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
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I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
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