| 1 | The Mighty One, God, the Lord, speaks and calls the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. |
| 2 | Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. |
| 3 | Our God comes and does not keep silence; a fire devours before Him, and round about Him a mighty tempest rages. |
| 4 | He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that He may judge His people: |
| 5 | Gather together to Me My saints [those who have found grace in My sight], those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice. |
| 6 | And the heavens declare His righteousness (rightness and justice), for God, He is judge.
Selah
[pause, and calmly think of that]! |
| 7 | Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify to you
and
against you: I am God, your God. |
| 8 | I do not reprove you for your sacrifices; your burnt offerings are continually before Me. |
| 9 | I will accept no bull from your house nor he-goat out of your folds. |
| 10 | For every beast of the forest is Mine,
and
the cattle upon a thousand hills
or
upon the mountains where thousands are. |
| 11 | I know
and
am acquainted with all the birds of the mountains, and the wild animals of the field are Mine
and
are with Me, in My mind. |
| 12 | If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are Mine. |
| 13 | Shall I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? |
| 14 | Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High, |
| 15 | And call on Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall honor
and
glorify Me. |
| 16 | But to the wicked, God says: What right have you to recite My statutes or take My covenant
or
pledge on your lips, |
| 17 | Seeing that you hate instruction
and
correction and cast My words behind you [discarding them]? |
| 18 | When you see a thief, you associate with him, and you have taken part with adulterers. |
| 19 | You give your mouth to 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 silent; you thought I was once entirely like you. But [now] I will reprove you and put [the charge] in order before your eyes. |
| 22 | Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. |
| 23 | He who brings an offering of praise
and
thanksgiving honors
and
glorifies Me; and he who orders his way aright [who prepares the way that I may show him], to him I will demonstrate the salvation of God. |
Cross references:
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Psalm 50:12 : I Cor. 10:26.
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