| New American Standard Bible 1995 | English Standard Version |
| 1A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God, the LORD, has spoken, And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. | 1The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. |
| 2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone forth. | 2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. |
| 3May our God come and not keep silence; Fire devours before Him, And it is very tempestuous around Him. | 3Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest. |
| 4He summons the heavens above, And the earth, to judge His people: | 4He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people: |
| 5"Gather My godly ones to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice." | 5“Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!” |
| 6And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge. Selah. | 6The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! Selah |
| 7"Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you; I am God, your God. | 7“Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God. |
| 8"I do not reprove you for your sacrifices, And your burnt offerings are continually before Me. | 8Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me. |
| 9"I shall take no young bull out of your house Nor male goats out of your folds. | 9I will not accept a bull from your house or goats from your folds. |
| 10"For every beast of the forest is Mine, The cattle on a thousand hills. | 10For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. |
| 11"I know every bird of the mountains, And everything that moves in the field is Mine. | 11I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine. |
| 12"If I were hungry I would not tell you, For the world is Mine, and all it contains. | 12“If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine. |
| 13"Shall I eat the flesh of bulls Or drink the blood of male goats? | 13Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? |
| 14"Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving And pay your vows to the Most High; | 14Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, |
| 15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me." | 15and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.” |
| 16But to the wicked God says, "What right have you to tell of My statutes And to take My covenant in your mouth? | 16But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips? |
| 17"For you hate discipline, And you cast My words behind you. | 17For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you. |
| 18"When you see a thief, you are pleased with him, And you associate with adulterers. | 18If you see a thief, you are pleased with him, and you keep company with adulterers. |
| 19"You let your mouth loose in evil And your tongue frames deceit. | 19“You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit. |
| 20"You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother's son. | 20You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother’s son. |
| 21"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. | 21These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you. |
| 22"Now consider this, you who forget God, Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver. | 22“Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver! |
| 23"He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders his way aright I shall show the salvation of God." | 23The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!” |
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