[1] A PSALM OF ASAPH. The God of gods—YHWH—has spoken, || And He calls to the earth || From the rising of the sun to its going in. [2] From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shone. [3] Our God comes, and is not silent, || Fire devours before Him, || And around Him it has been very tempestuous. [4] He calls to the heavens from above, || And to the earth, to judge His people. [5] Gather My saints to Me, || Making covenant with Me over a sacrifice. [6] And the heavens declare His righteousness, || For God Himself is judging. Selah. [7] Hear, O My people, and I speak, || O Israel, and I testify against you, || God—I [am] your God. [8] I do not reprove you for your sacrifices, || Indeed, your burnt-offerings || [Are] continually before Me. [9] I do not take a bullock from your house, || [Or] male goats from your folds. [10] For every beast of the forest [is] Mine, || The livestock on the hills of oxen. [11] I have known every bird of the mountains, || And the wild beast of the field [is] with Me. [12] If I am hungry I do not tell [it] to you, || For the world and its fullness [is] Mine. [13] Do I eat the flesh of bulls, || And drink the blood of male goats? [14] Sacrifice to God confession, || And complete your vows to the Most High. [15] And call Me in a day of adversity, || I deliver you, and you honor Me. [16] And to the wicked God has said: What to you—to recount My statutes? That you lift up My covenant on your mouth? [17] Indeed, you have hated instruction, || And cast My words behind you. [18] If you have seen a thief, || Then you are pleased with him, || And your portion [is] with adulterers. [19] You have sent forth your mouth with evil, || And your tongue joins deceit together, [20] You sit, you speak against your brother, || You give slander against a son of your mother. [21] These you did, and I kept silent, || You have thought that I am like you, || I reprove you, and set in array before your eyes. [22] Now understand this, || You who are forgetting God, || Lest I tear, and there is no deliverer. [23] He who is sacrificing praise honors Me, || As for him who makes a way, || I cause him to look on the salvation of God!
