A Psalm of Asaph
. The mighty
God
, even the LORD
, hath spoken
, and called
the earth
from the rising
of the sun
unto the going down
thereof.
Out of Zion, the perfection
of beauty
, God
hath shined
.
Our God shall come
, and shall not keep silence
: a fire
shall devour
before
him, and it shall be very
tempestuous
round about
him.
He shall call to the heavens
from above
, and to the earth
, that he may judge
his people
.
Gather my saints
together unto me; those that have made
a covenant
with me by sacrifice
.
And the heavens shall declare
his righteousness
: for God
is judge
himself. Selah
.
Hear, O my people
, and I will speak
; O Israel
, and I will testify
against thee: I am God
, even thy God
.
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices
or thy burnt offerings
, to have been continually
before me.
I will take no bullock
out of thy house
, nor he goats
out of thy folds
.
For every beast of the forest
is mine, and the cattle
upon a thousand
hills
.
I know all the fowls
of the mountains
: and the wild beasts
of the field
are mine
.
If I were hungry, I would not tell
thee: for the world
is mine, and the fulness
thereof.
Will I eat the flesh
of bulls
, or drink
the blood
of goats
?
Offer unto God
thanksgiving
; and pay
thy vows
unto the most High
:
And call upon me in the day
of trouble
: I will deliver
thee, and thou shalt glorify
me.
But unto the wicked God
saith
, What hast thou to do to declare
my statutes
, or that thou shouldest take
my covenant
in thy mouth
?
Seeing thou hatest instruction
, and castest
my words
behind
thee.
When thou sawest a thief
, then thou consentedst
with him, and hast been partaker
with adulterers
.
Thou givest thy mouth
to evil
, and thy tongue
frameth
deceit
.
Thou sittest and speakest
against thy brother
; thou
slanderest
thine own mother's
son
.
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence
; thou thoughtest
that I was altogether
such an one as thyself: but I will reprove
thee, and set them in order
before thine eyes
.
Now consider this, ye that forget
God
, lest I tear you in pieces
, and there be none to deliver
.
Whoso offereth praise
glorifieth
me: and to him that ordereth
his conversation
aright will I shew
the salvation
of God
.