1. The mighty God, the Lord,hath spoken, and did callThe earth, from rising of the sun,to where he hath his fall.
2. From out of Sion hill,which of excellencyAnd beauty the perfection is,God shined gloriously.
3. Our God shall surely come,keep silence shall not he:Before him fire shall waste, great stormsshall round about him be.
4. Unto the heavens clearhe from above shall call,And to the earth likewise, that hemay judge his people all.
5. Together let my saintsunto me gather'd be,Those that by sacrifice have madea covenant with me.
6. And then the heavens shallhis righteousness declare:Because the Lord himself is heby whom men judged are.
7. My people Isr'el hear,speak will I from on high,Against thee I will testify;God, ev'n thy God, am I.
8. I for thy sacrificeno blame will on thee lay,Nor for burnt-off 'rings, which to methou offer'dst ev'ry day.
9. I'll take no calf nor goatsfrom house or fold of thine:
10. For beasts of forests, cattle allon thousand hills, are mine.
11. The fowls on mountains highare all to me well known;Wild beasts which in the fields do lie,ev'n they are all mine own.
12. Then, if I hungry were,I would not tell it thee;Because the world, and fulness allthereof, belongs to me.
13. Will I eat flesh of bulls?or goats' blood drink will I?
14. Thanks offer thou to God, and paythy vows to the most High.
15. And call upon me whenin trouble thou shalt be;I will deliver thee, and thoumy name shalt glorify.
16. But to the wicked manGod saith, My laws and truthShould'st thou declare? how dar'st thou takemy cov'nant in thy mouth?
17. Sith thou instruction hat'st,which should thy ways direct;And sith my words behind thy backthou cast'st, and dost reject.
18. When thou a thief didst see,with him thou didst consent;And with the vile adultererspartaker on thou went.
19. Thou giv'st thy mouth to ill,thy tongue deceit doth frame;
20. Thou sitt'st, and 'gainst thy brother speak'st,thy mother's son dost shame.
21. Because I silence kept,while thou these things hast wrought;That I was altogether likethyself, hath been thy thought;Yet I will thee reprove,and set before thine eyes,In order ranked, thy misdeedsand thine iniquities.
22. Now, ye that God forget,this carefully consider;Lest I in pieces tear you all,and none can you deliver.
23. Whoso doth offer praiseme glorifies; and IWill shew him God's salvation,that orders right his way.