| | King James | American std |
| 1 | The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. | The Mighty One, God, Jehovah, hath spoken, And called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. |
| 2 | Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. | Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth. |
| 3 | Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. | Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence: A fire devoureth before him, And it is very tempestuous round about him. |
| 4 | He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. | He calleth to the heavens above, And to the earth, that he may judge his people: |
| 5 | Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. | Gather my saints together unto me, Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. |
| 6 | And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah. | And the heavens shall declare his righteousness; For God is judge himself. Selah |
| 7 | Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God. | Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, [even] thy God. |
| 8 | I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. | I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt-offerings are continually before me. |
| 9 | I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. | I will take no bullock out of thy house, Nor he-goats out of thy folds. |
| 10 | For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. | For every beast of the forest is mine, And the cattle upon a thousand hills. |
| 11 | I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. | I know all the birds of the mountains; And the wild beasts of the field are mine. |
| 12 | If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. | If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. |
| 13 | Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? | Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats? |
| 14 | Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: | Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; And pay thy vows unto the Most High: |
| 15 | And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. | And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. |
| 16 | But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? | But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth, |
| 17 | Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee. | Seeing thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee? |
| 18 | When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. | When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, And hast been partaker with adulterers. |
| 19 | Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. | Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit. |
| 20 | Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. | Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; Thou slanderest thine own mother`s son. |
| 21 | These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. | These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: [But] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes. |
| 22 | Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. | Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver: |
| 23 | Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God. | Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifieth me; And to him that ordereth his way [aright] Will I show the salvation of God. Psalm 51 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David; when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. |
