| 1 | A psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets. | |
| 2 | From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth. | |
| 3 | Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a tempest rages. | |
| 4 | He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that he may judge his people: | |
| 5 | "Gather to me my consecrated ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice." | |
| 6 | And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah | |
| 7 | "Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God. | |
| 8 | I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, which are ever before me. | |
| 9 | I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens, | |
| 10 | for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. | |
| 11 | I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are mine. | |
| 12 | If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it. | |
| 13 | Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? | |
| 14 | Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High, | |
| 15 | and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me." | |
| 16 | But to the wicked, God says: "What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips? | |
| 17 | You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you. | |
| 18 | When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers. | |
| 19 | You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit. | |
| 20 | You speak continually against your brother and slander your own mother's son. | |
| 21 | These things you have done and I kept silent; you thought I was altogether like you. But I will rebuke you and accuse you to your face. | |
| 22 | "Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with none to rescue: | |
| 23 | He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me, and he prepares the way so that I may show him the salvation of God." | |