1  ^mThe Mighty One, God the Lord,

speaks and summons the earth

from the rising of the sun to its setting.

2  Out of Zion, the ⁿperfection of beauty,

God ^oshines forth.

3  Our God comes; he does not ^pkeep silence;¹

^qbefore him is a ^rdevouring fire,

around him a mighty tempest.

4  He ^scalls to the heavens above

and to the earth, that he may judge his people:

5  “Gather to me my ^tfaithful ones,

^uwho made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”

6  The ^vheavens declare his righteousness,

for ^wGod himself is judge! Selah

7  “Hear, O my people, and I will speak;

O Israel, I will testify against you.

^xI am God, your God.

8  ^yNot for your sacrifices do I rebuke you;

your burnt offerings are continually before me.

9  I will not accept a bull from your house

or goats from your folds.

10  For ^zevery beast of the forest is mine,

the cattle on a thousand hills.

11  ^aI know all the birds of the hills,

and all that moves in the field is mine.

12  “If I were hungry, I would not tell you,

for ^bthe world and its fullness are mine.

13  Do I eat the flesh of bulls

or drink the blood of goats?

14  Offer to God a ^csacrifice of thanksgiving,²

and perform your vows to the Most High,

15  and call upon me in the day of trouble;

I will deliver you, and you shall ^dglorify me.”

16  But to the wicked God says:

“What right have you to recite my statutes

or take my covenant on your lips?

17  For you hate discipline,

and you ^ecast my words behind you.

18  If you see a thief, ^fyou are pleased with him,

and you keep company with adulterers.

19  “You give your mouth free rein for 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 have been silent;

you thought that I³ was one like yourself.

But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you.

22  “Mark this, then, you who ^gforget God,

lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver!

23  The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;

to one who orders his way rightly

I will ^hshow the salvation of God!”