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The Mighty One Calls
{A Psalm. Of Asaph.} God, Elohim-Jehovah, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
{A Psalm. Of Asaph.} God, Elohim-Jehovah, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
The Mighty One, God, the LORD, has spoken,
And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God has shone forth.
God has shone forth.
Our God will come, and will not keep silence: fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
May our God come and not keep silence;
Fire devours before Him,
And it is very tempestuous around Him.
Fire devours before Him,
And it is very tempestuous around Him.
He will call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
He summons the heavens above,
And the earth, to judge His people:
And the earth, to judge His people:
Gather unto me my godly ones, those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice!
“Gather My godly ones to Me,
Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; for God executeth judgment himself. Selah.
And the heavens declare His righteousness,
For God Himself is judge.
For God Himself is judge.
Selah.
“Hear, O My people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will testify against you;
I am God, your God.
O Israel, I will testify against you;
I am God, your God.
“I do not reprove you for your sacrifices,
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
“I shall take no young bull out of your house
Nor male goats out of your folds.
Nor male goats out of your folds.
“For every beast of the forest is Mine,
The cattle on a thousand hills.
The cattle on a thousand hills.
“I know every bird of the mountains,
And everything that moves in the field is Mine.
And everything that moves in the field is Mine.
“If I were hungry I would not tell you,
For the world is Mine, and all it contains.
For the world is Mine, and all it contains.
“Shall I eat the flesh of bulls
Or drink the blood of male goats?
Or drink the blood of male goats?
“Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving
And pay your vows to the Most High;
And pay your vows to the Most High;
Call upon Me in the day of trouble;
I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me.”
I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me.”
But to the wicked God says,
“What right have you to tell of My statutes
And to take My covenant in your mouth?
“What right have you to tell of My statutes
And to take My covenant in your mouth?
“For you hate discipline,
And you cast My words behind you.
And you cast My words behind you.
“When you see a thief, you are pleased with him,
And you associate with adulterers.
And you associate with adulterers.
“You let your mouth loose in evil
And your tongue frames deceit.
And your tongue frames deceit.
“You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.
You slander your own mother’s son.
“These things you have done and I kept silence;
You thought that I was just like you;
I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.
You thought that I was just like you;
I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.
“Now consider this, you who forget God,
Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver.
Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver.
“He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me;
And to him who orders his way aright
I shall show the salvation of God.”
And to him who orders his way aright
I shall show the salvation of God.”
Hear, my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, thy God.
“Hear, O My people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will testify against you;
I am God, your God.
O Israel, I will testify against you;
I am God, your God.
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices, or thy burnt-offerings, continually before me;
“I do not reprove you for your sacrifices,
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
I will take no bullock out of thy house, [nor] he-goats out of thy folds:
“I shall take no young bull out of your house
Nor male goats out of your folds.
Nor male goats out of your folds.
For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle upon a thousand hills;
“For every beast of the forest is Mine,
The cattle on a thousand hills.
The cattle on a thousand hills.
I know all the fowl of the mountains, and the roaming creatures of the field are mine:
“I know every bird of the mountains,
And everything that moves in the field is Mine.
And everything that moves in the field is Mine.
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
“If I were hungry I would not tell you,
For the world is Mine, and all it contains.
For the world is Mine, and all it contains.
Should I eat the flesh of bulls, and drink the blood of goats?
“Shall I eat the flesh of bulls
Or drink the blood of male goats?
Or drink the blood of male goats?
Offer unto God thanksgiving, and perform thy vows unto the Most High;
“Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving
And pay your vows to the Most High;
And pay your vows to the Most High;
And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Call upon Me in the day of trouble;
I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me.”
I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me.”
But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant into thy mouth,
But to the wicked God says,
“What right have you to tell of My statutes
And to take My covenant in your mouth?
“What right have you to tell of My statutes
And to take My covenant in your mouth?
Seeing thou hast hated correction and hast cast my words behind thee?
“For you hate discipline,
And you cast My words behind you.
And you cast My words behind you.
When thou sawest a thief, thou didst take pleasure in him, and thy portion was with adulterers;
“When you see a thief, you are pleased with him,
And you associate with adulterers.
And you associate with adulterers.
Thou lettest thy mouth loose to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit;
“You let your mouth loose in evil
And your tongue frames deceit.
And your tongue frames deceit.
Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother, thou revilest thine own mother's son:
“You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.
You slander your own mother’s son.
These [things] hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether as thyself: [but] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.
“These things you have done and I kept silence;
You thought that I was just like you;
I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.
You thought that I was just like you;
I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.
Now consider this, ye that forget +God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be no deliverer.
“Now consider this, you who forget God,
Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver.
Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver.