| NET Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1A psalm by Asaph. El, God, the LORD speaks, and summons the earth to come from the east and west. | 1God, the LORD, has spoken. He has summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting place. |
| 2From Zion, the most beautiful of all places, God comes in splendor. | 2From Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined forth. |
| 3Our God approaches and is not silent; consuming fire goes ahead of him and all around him a storm rages. | 3Our God has appeared and he has not been silent; a devouring fire blazed before him, and a mighty storm swirled around him. |
| 4He summons the heavens above, as well as the earth, so that he might judge his people. | 4He summoned the heavens above and the earth below, to sit in judgment on his people. |
| 5He says: "Assemble my covenant people before me, those who ratified a covenant with me by sacrifice!" | 5"Assemble before me, my saints, who have entered into my covenant by sacrifice." |
| 6The heavens declare his fairness, for God is judge. (Selah) | 6The heavens revealed his justice, for God is himself the judge. Interlude |
| 7He says: "Listen my people! I am speaking! Listen Israel! I am accusing you! 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 am not condemning you because of your sacrifices, or because of your burnt sacrifices that you continually offer me. | 8I do not rebuke you because of your sacrifices; indeed, your burnt offerings are continuously before me. |
| 9I do not need to take a bull from your household or goats from your sheepfolds. | 9I will no longer accept a sacrificial bull from your household; nor goats from your pens. |
| 10For every wild animal in the forest belongs to me, as well as the cattle that graze on a thousand hills. | 10Indeed, every animal of the forest is mine, even the cattle on a thousand hills. |
| 11I keep track of every bird in the hills, and the insects of the field are mine. | 11I know all the birds in the mountains; indeed, everything that moves in the field is mine. |
| 12Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all it contains belong to me. | 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? Do I drink the blood of goats? | 13Why should I eat the flesh of oxen or drink the blood of goats? |
| 14Present to God a thank-offering! Repay your vows to the sovereign One! | 14Offer to God a thanksgiving praise; pay your vows to the Most High. |
| 15Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!" | 15Call on me in the day of distress; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me." |
| 16God says this to the evildoer: "How can you declare my commands, and talk about my covenant? | 16As for the wicked, God says, "How dare you recite my statutes or speak about my covenant with your lips! |
| 17For you hate instruction and reject my words. | 17You hate instruction and toss my words behind you. |
| 18When you see a thief, you join him; you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives. | 18When you see a thief, you befriend him, and you keep company with adulterers. |
| 19You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive. | 19You give your mouth free reign for evil, and your tongue devises deceit. |
| 20You plot against your brother; you slander your own brother. | 20You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son. |
| 21When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against 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." |
| 22Carefully consider this, you who reject God! Otherwise I will rip you to shreds and no one will be able to rescue you. | 22Consider this, you who have forgotten God— Otherwise, I will tear you in pieces and there will be no deliverer: |
| 23Whoever presents a thank-offering honors me. To whoever obeys my commands, I will reveal my power to deliver." | 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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