6. And the heavens declare his righteousness, because God himself is judge. Selah
7. “Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
8. It is not concerning a lack of your sacrifices that I rebuke you, and your burnt offerings are before me continually.
9. I will not take from your house a bull or from your stalls a he-goat,
10. because every animal of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
11. I know every bird of the mountains, and every moving creature in the field is mine.
12. If I were hungry I would not tell you, because the world and its fullness are mine.
13. Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
14. Offer to God a thank offering and pay your vows to the Most High.
15. And call me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me.”
16. But to the wicked God says, “What right have you to recite my statutes and mention my covenant with your mouth,
17. while you yourself hate discipline, and cast my words behind you?
18. When you see a thief, then you are pleased with him, and your association is with adulterers.