1 T he Mighty One, God, the Lord, has spoken, And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.

God, Elohim-Jehovah, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

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

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.

3 M ay our God come and not keep silence; Fire devours before Him, And it is very tempestuous around Him.

Our God will come, and will not keep silence: fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

4 H e summons the heavens above, And the earth, to judge His people:

He will call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people:

5 “ Gather My godly ones to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

Gather unto me my godly ones, those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice!

6 A nd the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge. Selah.

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God executeth judgment himself. Selah.

7 “ Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you; I am God, your God.

Hear, my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, thy God.

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

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, or thy burnt-offerings, continually before me;

9 “ I shall take no young bull out of your house Nor male goats out of your folds.

I will take no bullock out of thy house, he-goats out of thy folds:

10 “ For every beast of the forest is Mine, The cattle on a thousand hills.

For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle upon a thousand hills;

11 “ I know every bird of the mountains, And everything that moves in the field is Mine.

I know all the fowl of the mountains, and the roaming creatures of the field are mine:

12 “ If I were hungry I would not tell you, For the world is Mine, and all it contains.

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

13 “ Shall I eat the flesh of bulls Or drink the blood of male goats?

Should I eat the flesh of bulls, and drink the blood of goats?

14 “ Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving And pay your vows to the Most High;

Offer unto God thanksgiving, and perform thy vows unto the Most High;

15 C all upon Me in the day of trouble; I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me.”

And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

16 B ut to the wicked God says, “What right have you to tell of My statutes And to take My covenant in your mouth?

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant into thy mouth,

17 “ For you hate discipline, And you cast My words behind you.

Seeing thou hast hated correction and hast cast my words behind thee?

18 “ When you see a thief, you are pleased with him, And you associate with adulterers.

When thou sawest a thief, thou didst take pleasure in him, and thy portion was with adulterers;

19 “ You let your mouth loose in evil And your tongue frames deceit.

Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit;

20 “ You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother’s son.

Thou sittest speakest against thy brother, thou revilest thine own mother's son:

21 “ These things you have done and I kept silence; You thought that I was just like you; I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.

These hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself: I will reprove thee, and set in order before thine eyes.

22 “ Now consider this, you who forget God, Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver.

Now consider this, ye that forget +God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be no deliverer.

23 “ He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders his way aright I shall show the salvation of God.”

Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me; and to him that ordereth way will I shew the salvation of God.