1 T he Mighty One, God, the Lord, speaks and calls the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.

A Psalm of Asaph. The God of gods -- Jehovah -- hath spoken, And He calleth to the earth From the rising of the sun unto its going in.

2 O ut of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.

From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shone.

3 O ur God comes and does not keep silence; a fire devours before Him, and round about Him a mighty tempest rages.

Our God cometh, and is not silent, Fire before Him doth devour, And round about him it hath been very tempestuous.

4 H e calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that He may judge His people:

He doth call unto the heavens from above, And unto the earth, to judge His people.

5 G ather together to Me My saints, those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.

Gather ye to Me My saints, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice.

6 A nd the heavens declare His righteousness (rightness and justice), for God, He is judge. Selah!

And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself judge. Selah.

7 H ear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify to you and against you: I am God, your God.

Hear, O My people, and I speak, O Israel, and I testify against thee, God, thy God I.

8 I do not reprove you for your sacrifices; your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings before Me continually.

9 I will accept no bull from your house nor he-goat out of your folds.

I take not from thy house a bullock, From thy folds he goats.

10 F or every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills or upon the mountains where thousands are.

For Mine every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen.

11 I know and am acquainted with all the birds of the mountains, and the wild animals of the field are Mine and are with Me, in My mind.

I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field with Me.

12 I f I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are Mine.

If I am hungry I tell not to thee, For Mine the world and its fulness.

13 S hall I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?

Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats?

14 O ffer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High,

Sacrifice to God confession, And complete to the Most High thy vows.

15 A nd call on Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall honor and glorify Me.

And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.

16 B ut to the wicked, God says: What right have you to recite My statutes or take My covenant or pledge on your lips,

And to the wicked hath God said: What to thee -- to recount My statutes? That thou liftest up My covenant on thy mouth?

17 S eeing that you hate instruction and correction and cast My words behind you ?

Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.

18 W hen you see a thief, you associate with him, and you have taken part with adulterers.

If thou hast seen a thief, Then thou art pleased with him, And with adulterers thy portion.

19 Y ou give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

20 Y ou sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.

Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.

21 T hese things you have done and I kept silent; you thought I was once entirely like you. But I will reprove you and put in order before your eyes.

These thou didst, and I kept silent, Thou hast thought that I am like thee, I reprove thee, and set in array before thine eyes.

22 N ow consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

Understand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.

23 H e who brings an offering of praise and thanksgiving honors and glorifies Me; and he who orders his way aright, to him I will demonstrate the salvation of God.

He who is sacrificing praise honoureth Me, As to him who maketh a way, I cause him to look on the salvation of God!