1 A Psalm of Asaph. God of gods, YHWH, speaks and calls the earth, from the rising of the sun to the going down. VP
2 From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. VP
3 Our God comes and will not be silent; before His face a fire devours, and all around Him it will storm exceedingly. VP
4 He calls to the heavens from above, and to the earth, for the judging of His people: VP
5 “Gather to Me My holy ones, those having cut a covenant with Me by sacrifice.” VP
6 And let the heavens declare His righteousness—for God Himself is Judge. Selah VP
7 “Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against you: I [am] God, your God. VP
8 [It is] not over your sacrifices [that] I rebuke you, or your burnt offerings before me continually. VP
9 I will not take a bull from your house [or] male goats from your folds. VP
10 For every living [thing] of the forest [is] unto Me, [and] the cattle on a thousand hills. VP
11 I know every bird of the mountains, and the wild beast of the field [is] unto Me. VP
12 If I were hungry, I would not say [it] to you, for the world and its fullness [is] to Me. VP
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls, and do I drink the blood of goats? VP
14 Make a sacrifice of thanksgiving to God, and fulfill to the Most High your vows. VP
15 And call on Me in the day of distress, [and] I will rescue you, and you will glorify Me.” VP
16 And to the wicked God says, “What to you [is] to recount My statutes, and to lift up My covenant upon your mouth? VP
17 And you have hated instruction, and cast My words behind you! VP
18 If you see a thief, then you are pleased with him, and your portion [is] with those committing adultery. VP
19 With your mouth you send forth evil, and your tongue weaves deceit. VP
20 You sit against your brother and speak; against the son of your mother you place fault. VP
21 These [things] you have done, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. I will rebuke you and set in array before your eyes. VP
22 Understand this, please, [you] forgetting God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, and there is no one to deliver! VP
23 The one making a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me, and he [who] sets [his] path, I will make to look on the salvation of God.” VP