^1. THE Mighty One, God, the LORD, has spoken, And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.

^2. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone forth.

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

^4. He summons the heavens above, And the earth, to judge His people:

^5. «Gather My godly ones to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.»

^6. And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge.

^7. « Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify [1] against you; I am God, your God.

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

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

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

^11. «I know every bird of the mountains, And everything that moves in the field is [2] Mine.

^12. «If I were hungry I would not tell you, For the world is Mine, and [3] all it contains.

^13. «Shall I eat the flesh of [4] bulls Or drink the blood of male goats?

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

^15. Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me.»

^16. But to the wicked God says, «What right have you to tell of My statutes And to take My covenant in your mouth?

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

^18. «When you see a thief, you [6] are pleased with him, And [5] you associate with adulterers.

^19. «You [7] let your mouth loose in evil And your tongue frames deceit.

^20. «You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your 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.

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

^23. «He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who [8] orders his way aright I shall show the salvation of God.»