1. From the rising of the sun to where it sets,God, the Lord God, speaks,calling out to the earth.
2. From Zion, perfect in beauty,God shines brightly.
3. Our God is coming;he won’t keep quiet.A devouring fire is before him;a storm rages all around him.
4. God calls out to the skies aboveand to the earth in order to judge his people:
5. "Bring my faithful to me,those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice."
6. The skies proclaim his righteousnessbecause God himself is the judge. Selah
7. "Listen, my people, I will now speak;Israel, I will now testify against you.I am God—your God!
8. I’m not punishing you for your sacrificesor for your entirely burned offerings,which are always before me.
9. I won’t accept bulls from your houseor goats from your corrals
10. because every forest animal already belongs to me,as do the cattle on a thousand hills.
11. I know every mountain bird;even the insects in the fields are mine.