4. He summons the heavens above,and the earth, that he may judge his people:
5. ‘Gather to me this consecrated people,who made a covenant with me by sacrifice.’
6. And the heavens proclaim his righteousness,for he is a God of justice.,
7. ‘Listen, my people, and I will speak;I will testify against you, Israel:I am God, your God.
8. I bring no charges against you concerning your sacrificesor concerning your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.
9. I have no need of a bull from your stallor of goats from your pens,
10. for every animal of the forest is mine,and the cattle on a thousand hills.
11. I know every bird in the mountains,and the insects in the fields are mine.
12. If I were hungry I would not tell you,for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
13. Do I eat the flesh of bullsor drink the blood of goats?