¹The Mighty One , God , the LORD , speaks ,

and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset .

²Out of Zion , the perfection of beauty ,

God shines out.

³Our God comes , and does not keep silent .

A fire devours before him .

It is very stormy around him .

⁴He calls to the heavens above ,

to the earth , that he may judge his people :

⁵“Gather my saints together to me ,

those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice .”

⁶The heavens shall declare his righteousness ,

for God himself is judge . Selah .

⁷“Hear , my people , and I will speak .

Israel , I will testify against you .

I am God, your God.

⁸I don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices .

Your burnt offerings are continually before me .

⁹I have no need for a bull from your stall,

nor male goats from your pens.

¹⁰For every animal of the forest is mine,

and the livestock on a thousand hills .

¹¹I know all the birds of the mountains .

The wild animals of the field are mine .

¹²If I were hungry , I would not tell you ,

for the world is mine, and all that is in it .

¹³Will I eat the meat of bulls,

or drink the blood of goats ?

¹⁴Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving .

Pay your vows to the Most High .

¹⁵Call on me in the day of trouble .

I will deliver you , and you will honour me .”

¹⁶But to the wicked God says ,

“What right do you have to declare my statutes ,

that you have taken my covenant on your lips ,

¹⁷since you hate instruction ,

and throw my words behind you ?

¹⁸When you saw a thief , you consented with him ,

and have participated with adulterers .

¹⁹“You give your mouth to evil .

Your tongue frames deceit .

²⁰You sit and speak against your brother.

You slander your own mother’s son .

²¹You have done these things , and I kept silent .

You thought that I was just like you .

I will rebuke you , and accuse you in front of your eyes .

²²“Now consider this , you who forget God,

lest I tear you into pieces , and there be no one to deliver .

²³Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me ,

and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him .”