Call upon Me in the day of trouble;
I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me.”

A Psalm of Asaph.
The Mighty One, God, the Lord, has spoken,
And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.

“For every beast of the forest is Mine,
The cattle on a thousand hills.

“He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me;
And to him who orders his way aright
I shall show the salvation of God.”

“Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving
And pay your vows to the Most High;

“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.

May our God come and not keep silence;
Fire devours before Him,
And it is very tempestuous around Him.

But to the wicked God says,
“What right have you to tell of My statutes
And to take My covenant in your mouth?

And the heavens declare His righteousness,
For God Himself is judge. Selah.

“Gather My godly ones to Me,
Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”

“If I were hungry I would not tell you,
For the world is Mine, and all it contains.

“Hear, O My people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will testify against you;
I am God, your God.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God has shone forth.

“I shall take no young bull out of your house
Nor male goats out of your folds.

“Now consider this, you who forget God,
Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver.

“I know every bird of the mountains,
And everything that moves in the field is Mine.

“When you see a thief, you are pleased with him,
And you associate with adulterers.

“I do not reprove you for your sacrifices,
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

“For you hate discipline,
And you cast My words behind you.

“You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.

He summons the heavens above,
And the earth, to judge His people:

“Shall I eat the flesh of bulls
Or drink the blood of male goats?

“You let your mouth loose in evil
And your tongue frames deceit.