1. A psalm for Asaph.The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken: and he hath called the earth. From the rising of the sun, to the going down thereof:
2. out of Sion the loveliness of his beauty.
3. God shall come manifestly: our God shall come, and shall not keep silence. A fire shall burn before him: and a mighty tempest shall be round about him.
4. He shall call heaven from above, and the earth, to judge his people.
5. Gather ye together his saints to him: who set his covenant before sacrifices.
6. And the heavens shall declare his justice: for God is judge.
7. Hear, O my people, and I will speak: O Israel, and I will testify to thee: I am God, thy God.
8. I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.
9. I will not take calves out of thy house: nor he goats out of thy flocks.
10. For all the beasts of the woods are mine: the cattle on the hills, and the oxen.
11. I know all the fowls of the air: and with me is the beauty of the field.
12. If I should be hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.