14 ^aOffer to God thanksgiving,
And ^bpay your vows to the Most High. ‡

15 ^aCall upon Me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.” ‡

16 But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to declare My statutes,
Or take My covenant in your mouth,

17 ^aSeeing you hate instruction
And cast My words behind you? ‡

18 When you saw a thief, you ^aconsented with him,
And have been a ^bpartaker with adulterers. ‡

19 You give your mouth to evil,
And ^ayour tongue frames deceit. ‡

20 You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.

21 These things you have done, and I kept silent;
^aYou thought that I was altogether like you;
But I will rebuke you,
And ^bset them in order before your eyes. ‡

22 “Now consider this, you who ^aforget God,
Lest I tear you in pieces,
And there be none to deliver: ‡

23 Whoever offers praise glorifies Me;
And ^ato him who orders his conduct aright
I will show the salvation of God.” ‡