• God Himself Is Judge

  • 1 The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, has spoken, And called the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.
  • 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone forth.
  • 3 May our God come and not be silent; Fire devours before Him, And a storm whirls around Him.
  • 4 He calls the heavens above, And the earth, to render justice to His people:
  • 5 “Gather My holy ones to Me, Those who have cut a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
  • 6 And the 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.
  • 8 “I do not reprove you for your sacrifices, And 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.
  • 10 “For 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.
  • 12 “If I were hungry I would not tell you, For the world is Mine, as well as its fullness.
  • 13 “Shall I eat the flesh of bulls Or drink the blood of male goats?
  • 14 “Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving And pay your vows to the Most High;
  • 15 Call upon Me in the day of distress; I shall rescue you, and you will glorify Me.”
  • 16 But to the wicked God says, “What right have you to recount My statutes And to take My covenant in your mouth?
  • 17 “For 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.
  • 19 “You let your mouth loose in evil And you harness your tongue for deceit.
  • 20 “You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother’s son.
  • 21 “These things you have done and I kept silent; You thought that I was just like you; I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.
  • 22 “Now consider this, you who forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver.
  • 23 “He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies Me; And he who orders his way, I shall show the salvation of God.”