5. Gather his holy ones to him, you who order his covenant above sacrifices.
6. And the heavens will announce his justice. For God is the judge.
7. Listen, my people, and I will speak. Listen, Israel, and I will testify for you. I am God, your God.
8. I will not reprove you for your sacrifices. Moreover, your holocausts are ever in my sight.
9. I will not accept calves from your house, nor he-goats from your flocks.
10. For all the wild beasts of the forest are mine: the cattle on the hills and the oxen.
11. I know all the flying things of the air, and the beauty of the field is with me.
12. If I should be hungry, I would not tell you: for the whole world is mine, and all its plentitude.
13. Shall I gnaw on the flesh of bulls? Or would I drink the blood of goats?
14. Offer to God the sacrifice of praise, and pay your vows to the Most High.