1 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 F rom Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shone.

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

4 H e doth call unto the heavens from above, And unto the earth, to judge His people.

5 G ather ye to Me My saints, Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice.

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

7 H ear, O My people, and I speak, O Israel, and I testify against thee, God, thy God I.

8 N ot for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings before Me continually.

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

10 F or Mine every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen.

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

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

13 D o I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats?

14 S acrifice to God confession, And complete to the Most High thy vows.

15 A nd call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.

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

17 Y ea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.

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

19 T hy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

20 T hou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.

21 T hese 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 U nderstand this, I pray you, Ye who are forgetting God, Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer.

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