| Holman Christian Standard Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1A psalm of Asaph. Yahweh, the God of gods speaks; He summons the earth from east to west. | 1God, the LORD, has spoken. He has summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting place. |
| 2From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God appears in radiance. | 2From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined forth. |
| 3Our God is coming; He will not be silent! Devouring fire precedes Him, and a storm rages around Him. | 3Our God has appeared and he has not been silent; a devouring fire blazed before him, and a mighty storm swirled around him. |
| 4On high, He summons heaven and earth in order to judge His people." | 4He summoned the heavens above and the earth below, to sit in judgment on his people. |
| 5Gather My faithful ones to Me, those who made a covenant with Me by sacrifice." | 5"Assemble before me, my saints, who have entered into my covenant by sacrifice." |
| 6The heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God is the Judge. Selah " | 6The heavens revealed his justice, for God is himself the judge. Interlude |
| 7Listen, My people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel. I am God, your God. | 7"Listen, my people, for I am making a pronouncement: Israel, I, God, your God, am testifying against you. |
| 8I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices or for your burnt offerings, which are continually before Me. | 8I do not rebuke you because of your sacrifices; indeed, your burnt offerings are continuously before me. |
| 9I will not accept a bull from your household or male goats from your pens, | 9I will no longer accept a sacrificial bull from your household; nor goats from your pens. |
| 10for every animal of the forest is Mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. | 10Indeed, every animal of the forest is mine, even the cattle on a thousand hills. |
| 11I know every bird of the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine. | 11I know all the birds in the mountains; indeed, everything that moves in the field is mine. |
| 12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and everything in it is Mine. | 12"If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world is mine along with everything in it. |
| 13Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? | 13Why should I eat the flesh of oxen or drink the blood of goats? |
| 14Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and pay your vows to the Most High. | 14Offer to God a thanksgiving praise; pay your vows to the Most High. |
| 15Call on Me in a day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you will honor Me." | 15Call on me in the day of distress; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me." |
| 16But God says to the wicked:" What right do you have to recite My statutes and to take My covenant on your lips? | 16As for the wicked, God says, "How dare you recite my statutes or speak about my covenant with your lips! |
| 17You hate instruction and turn your back on My words. | 17You hate instruction and toss my words behind you. |
| 18When you see a thief, you make friends with him, and you associate with adulterers. | 18When you see a thief, you befriend him, and you keep company with adulterers. |
| 19You unleash your mouth for evil and harness your tongue for deceit. | 19You give your mouth free reign for evil, and your tongue devises deceit. |
| 20You sit, maligning your brother, slandering your mother's son. | 20You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son. |
| 21You 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." | 21These things you did, and I kept silent, because you assumed that I was like you. But now I am going to rebuke you, and I will set forth my case before your very own eyes." |
| 22Understand this, you who forget God, or I will tear you apart, and there will be no one to rescue you. | 22Consider this, you who have forgotten God— Otherwise, I will tear you in pieces and there will be no deliverer: |
| 23Whoever sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and whoever orders his conduct, I will show him the salvation of God." | 23Whoever offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and I will reveal the salvation of God to whomever continues in my way." |
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