| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. | 1God, the LORD, has spoken. He has summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting place. |
| 2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. | 2From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined forth. |
| 3Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. | 3Our God has appeared and he has not been silent; a devouring fire blazed before him, and a mighty storm swirled around him. |
| 4He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. | 4He summoned the heavens above and the earth below, to sit in judgment on his people. |
| 5Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. | 5"Assemble before me, my saints, who have entered into my covenant by sacrifice." |
| 6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah. | 6The heavens revealed his justice, for God is himself the judge. Interlude |
| 7Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God. | 7"Listen, my people, for I am making a pronouncement: Israel, I, God, your God, am testifying against you. |
| 8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. | 8I do not rebuke you because of your sacrifices; indeed, your burnt offerings are continuously before me. |
| 9I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. | 9I will no longer accept a sacrificial bull from your household; nor goats from your pens. |
| 10For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. | 10Indeed, every animal of the forest is mine, even the cattle on a thousand hills. |
| 11I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts 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 thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. | 12"If I were hungry, I would not tell you; for the world is mine along with everything in it. |
| 13Will 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? |
| 14Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: | 14Offer to God a thanksgiving praise; pay your vows to the Most High. |
| 15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. | 15Call on me in the day of distress; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me." |
| 16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? | 16As for the wicked, God says, "How dare you recite my statutes or speak about my covenant with your lips! |
| 17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee. | 17You hate instruction and toss my words behind you. |
| 18When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. | 18When you see a thief, you befriend him, and you keep company with adulterers. |
| 19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. | 19You give your mouth free reign for evil, and your tongue devises deceit. |
| 20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. | 20You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son. |
| 21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. | 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." |
| 22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. | 22Consider this, you who have forgotten God— Otherwise, I will tear you in pieces and there will be no deliverer: |
| 23Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew 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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