4. He calls to the sky and to the earthto see him judge his people.
5. He says, “You who worship me, gather around.You have made an agreement with me, using a sacrifice.”
6. God is the judge.Even the skies say he is right. Selah
7. God says, “My people, listen to me.Israel, I will testify against you.I am God, your God.
8. I do not scold you for your sacrifices.You always bring me your burnt offerings.
9. But I do not need the bulls from your stallsor the goats from your pens.
10. Every animal of the forest is already mine.The cattle on a thousand hills are mine.
11. I know every bird on the mountains.Every living thing in the fields is mine.
12. If I were hungry, I would not tell you.The earth and everything on it are mine.
13. I don’t eat the meat of bullsor drink the blood of goats.