| Berean Study Bible | New International Version |
| 1A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets. | 1A psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to where it sets. |
| 2From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth. | 2From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth. |
| 3Our God approaches and will not be silent! Consuming fire precedes Him, and a tempest rages around Him. | 3Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a tempest rages. |
| 4He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people: | 4He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that he may judge his people: |
| 5“Gather to Me My saints, who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.” | 5"Gather to me this consecrated people, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice." |
| 6And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah | 6And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for he is a God of justice. |
| 7“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God. | 7"Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel: I am God, your God. |
| 8I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me. | 8I bring no charges against you concerning your sacrifices or concerning your burnt offerings, which are ever before me. |
| 9I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens, | 9I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens, |
| 10for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills. | 10for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. |
| 11I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine. | 11I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields are mine. |
| 12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof. | 12If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it. |
| 13Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? | 13Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? |
| 14Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High. | 14"Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High, |
| 15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.” | 15and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me." |
| 16To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips? | 16But to the wicked person, God says: "What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips? |
| 17For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you. | 17You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you. |
| 18When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers. | 18When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers. |
| 19You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit. | 19You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit. |
| 20You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son. | 20You sit and testify against your brother and slander your own mother's son. |
| 21You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face. | 21When you did these things and I kept silent, you thought I was exactly like you. But I now arraign you and set my accusations before you. |
| 22Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you: | 22"Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you: |
| 23He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.” | 23Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me, and to the blameless I will show my salvation." |
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