1The mighty God , even the LORD , hath spoken , and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. 2Out of Zion , the perfection of beauty , God hath shined . 3Our God shall come , and shall not keep silence : a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. 4He shall call to the heavens from above , and to the earth , that he may judge his people . 5Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice . 6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness : for God is judge himself. Selah .
God's Indictment of His People
7Hear , O my people , and I will speak ; O Israel , and I will testify against thee: I am God , even thy God . 8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings , to have been continually before me. 9I will take no bullock out of thy house , nor he goats out of thy folds . 10For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills . 11I know all the fowls of the mountains : and the wild beasts of the field are mine . 12If I were hungry , I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. 13Will I eat the flesh of bulls , or drink the blood of goats ? 14Offer unto God thanksgiving ; and pay thy vows unto the most High : 15And call upon me in the day of trouble : I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
The Consequences of Hypocrisy
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 ? 17Seeing thou hatest instruction , and castest my words behind thee. 18When thou sawest a thief , then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers . 19Thou givest thy mouth to evil , and thy tongue frameth deceit . 20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother ; thou slanderest thine 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 .
The True Worshiper
22Now consider this, ye that forget God , lest I tear you in pieces , and there be none to deliver . 23Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God .