Psalms

A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, the LORD, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to [its] going down.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone.

Our God comes, and He is not silent; a fire shall devour before Him, and it shall be very stormy all around Him.

Gather My saints to Me; and those who cut My covenant by sacrifice.

And the heavens shall declare His righteousness; for God Himself [is] judge. Selah.

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

I will not reprove you for your sacrifices; yea, your burnt offerings [are] continually before Me.

I will take no bull out of your house, [nor] he-goats out of your folds.

For every beast of the forest [is] Mine, [and] the cattle on a thousand hills.

I know all the birds of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field [are] Mine.

If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world [is] Mine, and the fullness of it.

Will I eat the flesh of the mighty, or drink the blood of goats?

Offer to God thanksgiving; and pay your vows to the Most High;

and call on Me in the day of trouble; and I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.

But to the wicked, God says, What [is it] to you, to declare My statutes, and to take up My covenant in your mouth?

Yea, you hate to be taught, and you toss My words behind you.

When you saw a thief, then you were pleased to be with him, and you [have taken] part with adulterers.

You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

You sit; you speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.

These [things] you have done, and I have kept silence; you thought [that] I was like yourself, [but] I will rebuke you, and set in order before your eyes.

Now think of this, you who forget God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

Whoever offers praise glorifies Me; and he who sets a way, I will show him the salvation of God.