† 23 verses with comments from the Fathers · ⇄ 15 verses with cross-references · ¶ 1 verse cited by the Catechism . Tap a marked verse to open its catena.
A Psalm by Asaph.
1 The Mighty One, God, the LORD, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.†⇄ (19 connections)
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines out.† (2 connections)
3 Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.¶†⇄ (48 connections)
4 He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people:†⇄ (24 connections)
5 “Gather my saints together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”†⇄ (20 connections)
6 The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah.† (6 connections)
7 “Hear, my people, and I will speak. Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.†⇄ (15 connections)
8 I don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.† (2 connections)
9 I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens.†⇄ (7 connections)
10 For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills.† (2 connections)
11 I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine.† (2 connections)
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.†⇄ (12 connections)
13 Will I eat the meat of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?†⇄ (31 connections)
14 Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.†⇄ (39 connections)
15 Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”†⇄ (44 connections)
16 But to the wicked God says, “What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,†⇄ (23 connections)
17 since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?† (5 connections)
18 When you saw a thief, you consented with him, and have participated with adulterers.† (6 connections)
19 “You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.†⇄ (12 connections)
20 You sit and speak against your brother. You slander your own mother’s son.†⇄ (23 connections)
21 You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.†⇄ (22 connections)
22 “Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.† (1 connection)
23 Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.”†⇄ (20 connections)
