1 The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.

3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.

4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.

5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.

6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.

8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.

10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.

19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.

21 These 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.

22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.

1 'n Psalm van Asaf. Die God van die gode, die HERE, spreek en roep die aarde, van die opgang van die son af tot sy ondergang toe.

2 Uit Sion, die volkomenheid van skoonheid, verskyn God in ligglans.

3 Onse God kom en kan nie swyg nie. Vuur verteer voor sy aangesig, en rondom Hom storm dit geweldig.

4 Hy roep na die hemel daarbo, en na die aarde, om sy volk te oordeel:

5 Versamel my gunsgenote vir My, hulle wat my verbond by die offer sluit!

6 En -- die hemele verkondig sy geregtigheid, want God staan gereed om te oordeel! Sela.

7 Hoor, my volk, dat Ek kan spreek; Israel, dat Ek jou dit kan inskerp: Ek is God, jou God!

8 Oor jou offers bestraf Ek jou nie, en jou brandoffers is altyddeur voor My.

9 Ek hoef uit jou huis geen stier te neem of bokke uit jou krale nie;

10 want al die wilde diere van die bos is myne, die vee op berge by duisende.

11 Ek ken al die voëls van die berge, en wat roer op die veld, is van My.

12 As Ek honger het, sal Ek jou dit nie sê nie; want die wêreld is myne en sy volheid.

13 Sou Ek vleis van stiere eet of bloed van bokke drink?

14 Offer dank aan God, en betaal jou geloftes aan die Allerhoogste;

15 en roep My aan in die dag van benoudheid: Ek sal jou uithelp, en jy moet My eer.

16 Maar aan die goddelose sê God: Wat vertel jy nog my insettinge en neem jy my verbond in jou mond --

17 terwyl jy die tug haat en my woorde agter jou werp?

18 As jy 'n dief sien, dan geval dit jou by hom, en jou deel is met die egbrekers.

19 Jou mond laat jy los in boosheid, en jou tong vleg bedrog.

20 Jy sit en praat teen jou broer, die seun van jou moeder beskimp jy.

21 Hierdie dinge het jy gedoen, en sou Ek swyg? Jy dink Ek is net soos jy! Ek gaan jou straf en jou dit ordelik voor oë stel.

22 Verstaan dit tog, o Godvergeters, sodat Ek nie verskeur sonder dat iemand red nie.

23 Die een wat dank offer, eer My; en die een wat op sy weg ag gee, hom sal Ek die heil van God laat geniet.