¹The Mighty One, God, the Lord, has spoken, And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. ²Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone forth. ³May our God come and not keep silence; Fire devours before Him, And it is very tempestuous around Him. ⁴He 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.” ⁶And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge. Selah. ⁷“Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you; I am God, your God. ⁸I do not reprove you for your sacrifices, And your burnt offerings are continually before Me. ⁹I shall take no young bull out of your house Nor male goats out of your folds. ¹⁰For every beast of the forest is Mine, The cattle on a thousand hills. ¹¹I know every bird of the mountains, And everything that moves in the field is Mine. ¹²If I were hungry I would not tell you, For the world is Mine, and all it contains. ¹³Shall I eat the flesh of bulls Or drink the blood of male goats? ¹⁴Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving And pay your vows to the Most High; ¹⁵Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me.” ¹⁶But to the wicked God says, “What right have you to tell of My statutes And to take My covenant in your mouth? ¹⁷For you hate discipline, And you cast My words behind you. ¹⁸When you see a thief, you are pleased with him, And you associate with adulterers. ¹⁹You let your mouth loose in evil And your tongue frames deceit. ²⁰You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother’s son. ²¹These 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. ²³He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders his way aright I shall show the salvation of God.”