[1] The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks; he summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. [2] From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God appears in radiance. [3] Our God is coming; he will not be silent! Devouring fire precedes him, and a storm rages around him. [4] On high, he summons heaven and earth in order to judge his people: [5] "Gather my faithful ones to me, those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice." [6] The heavens proclaim his righteousness, for God is the Judge. Selah [7] "Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel. I am God, your God. [8] I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices or for your burnt offerings, which are continually before me. [9] I will not take a bull from your household or male goats from your pens, [10] for every animal of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. [11] I know every bird of the mountains, and the creatures of the field are mine. [12] If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and everything in it is mine. [13] Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? [14] Offer a thanksgiving sacrifice to God, and pay your vows to the Most High. [15] Call on me in a day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will honor me." [16] But God says to the wicked: "What right do you have to recite my statutes and to take my covenant on your lips? [17] You hate instruction and fling my words behind you. [18] When you see a thief, you make friends with him, and you associate with adulterers. [19] You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue for deceit. [20] You sit, maligning your brother, slandering your mother's son. [21] You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But I will rebuke you and lay out the case before you. [22] "Understand this, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart, and there will be no one to rescue you. [23] Whoever offers a thanksgiving sacrifice honors me, and whoever orders his conduct, I will show him the salvation of God."
