| New King James Version | New International Version |
| 1A Psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God the LORD, Has spoken and called the earth From the rising of the sun to its going down. | 1A psalm of Asaph. The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to where it sets. |
| 2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God will shine forth. | 2From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth. |
| 3Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent; A fire shall devour before Him, And it shall be very tempestuous all around Him. | 3Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a tempest rages. |
| 4He shall call to the heavens from above, And to the earth, that He may judge His people: | 4He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that he may judge his people: |
| 5“Gather My saints together to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.” | 5"Gather to me this consecrated people, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice." |
| 6Let the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is Judge. Selah | 6And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for he is a God of justice. |
| 7“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you; I am God, your God! | 7"Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel: I am God, your God. |
| 8I will not rebuke you for your sacrifices Or your burnt offerings, Which are continually before Me. | 8I bring no charges against you concerning your sacrifices or concerning your burnt offerings, which are ever before me. |
| 9I will not take a bull from your house, Nor goats out of your folds. | 9I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens, |
| 10For every beast of the forest is Mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills. | 10for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. |
| 11I know all the birds of the mountains, And the wild beasts of the field are Mine. | 11I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields are mine. |
| 12“If I were hungry, I would not tell you; For the world is Mine, and all its fullness. | 12If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it. |
| 13Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats? | 13Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? |
| 14Offer to God thanksgiving, And pay your vows to the Most High. | 14"Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High, |
| 15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.” | 15and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me." |
| 16But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to declare My statutes, Or take My covenant in your mouth, | 16But to the wicked person, God says: "What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips? |
| 17Seeing you hate instruction And cast My words behind you? | 17You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you. |
| 18When you saw a thief, you consented with him, And have been a partaker with adulterers. | 18When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers. |
| 19You give your mouth to evil, And your tongue frames deceit. | 19You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit. |
| 20You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother’s son. | 20You sit and testify against your brother and slander your own mother's son. |
| 21These things you have done, and I kept silent; You thought that I was altogether like you; But I will rebuke you, And set them in order before your eyes. | 21When you did these things and I kept silent, you thought I was exactly like you. But I now arraign you and set my accusations before you. |
| 22“Now consider this, you who forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, And there be none to deliver: | 22"Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you: |
| 23Whoever offers praise glorifies Me; And to him who orders his conduct aright I will show the salvation of God.” | 23Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me, and to the blameless I will show my salvation." |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. |
|
