God Himself Is Judge
A Psalm of 1 Chr. 6:39;15:17;16:5,7;25:2;2 Chr. 29:30Asaph.
1 Josh. 22:22The Mighty One, God the Lord,
speaks and summons the earth
Ps. 113:3from the rising of the sun to its setting.
2 Out of Zion, [Lam. 2:15]; See Ps. 48:2the perfection of beauty,
Ps. 80:1;94:1;Deut. 33:2God shines forth.
3 Our God comes; he [Ex. 19:16] does not keep silence;50:3 Or May our God come, and not keep silence
before him is a devouring Ps. 21:9;97:3;Lev. 10:2;Num. 16:35;Dan. 7:10fire,
around him a mighty tempest.
4 Deut. 4:26;31:28;32:1;Isa. 1:2;Mic. 6:1,2He calls to the heavens above
and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
5 "Gather to me my faithful ones,
who made Ex. 24:7,8;See Gen. 15:9-18a covenant with me by sacrifice!"
6 Ps. 89:5;97:6;[Rev. 16:5,7;19:2] The heavens declare his righteousness,
for Ps. 58:11;75:7God himself is judge! Selah
7 Ps. 81:8;[Ps. 49:1] "Hear, O my people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will testify against you.
Ex. 20:2I am God, your God.
8 Not for your sacrifices See Ps. 40:6do I rebuke you;
your burnt offerings are continually before me.
9 I 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.
11 [Matt. 10:29]I 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,
See Ps. 24:1for the world and its fullness are mine.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
or drink the blood of goats?
14 ver. 23;Ps. 27:6;69:30;107:22;Heb. 13:15;[Hos. 14:2;Rom. 12:1] Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,50:14 Or Make thanksgiving your sacrifice to God
and Ps. 22:25;61:8;65:1;76:11;116:14,18;Num. 30:2;Deut. 23:21;Job 22:27;Eccles. 5:4,5perform your vows to the Most High,
15 and Ps. 81:7;Zech. 13:9;[Ps. 107:6] call upon me in the day of trouble;
I will Ps. 91:15deliver you, and you shall ver. 23;Ps. 22:23glorify me."
16 But to the wicked God says:
"What right have you to recite my statutes
or take my covenant on your lips?
17 [Rom. 2:21,22] For you hate discipline,
1 Kgs. 14:9;Neh. 9:26and you cast my words behind you.
18 If you see a thief, Rom. 1:32you are pleased with him,
[1 Tim. 5:22]and you keep company with adulterers.
19 "You give your mouth free rein for evil,
[Ps. 52:2]and your tongue frames deceit.
20 You sit and speak against your brother;
you slander your own mother’s son.
21 These things you have done, and I Eccles. 8:11;Isa. 57:11have been silent;
you thought that I50:21 Or that the I am was one like yourself.
But now I Ps. 90:8;2 Kgs. 19:4rebuke you and Job 13:18;23:4lay the charge before you.
22 "Mark this, then, you who See Ps. 9:17forget God,
lest I tear you apart, and there be Ps. 7:2none to deliver!
23 The one who ver. 14, 15offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me;
to one who [Gal. 6:16] orders his way rightly
I will show the Ps. 91:16salvation of God!"