3. Our God is coming;he won’t keep quiet.A devouring fire is before him;a storm rages all around him.
4. God calls out to the skies aboveand to the earth in order to judge his people:
5. "Bring my faithful to me,those who made a covenant with me by sacrifice."
6. The skies proclaim his righteousnessbecause God himself is the judge. Selah
7. "Listen, my people, I will now speak;Israel, I will now testify against you.I am God—your God!
8. I’m not punishing you for your sacrificesor for your entirely burned offerings,which are always before me.
9. I won’t accept bulls from your houseor goats from your corrals
10. because every forest animal already belongs to me,as do the cattle on a thousand hills.
11. I know every mountain bird;even the insects in the fields are mine.
12. Even if I were hungry, I wouldn’t tell youbecause the whole world and everything in it already belong to me.
13. Do I eat bulls’ meat?Do I drink goats’ blood?
14. Offer God a sacrifice of thanksgiving!Fulfill the promisesyou made to the Most High!
15. Cry out to me whenever you are in trouble;I will deliver you, then you will honor me."
16. But to the wicked God says,"Why do you talk about my laws?Why do you even mention my covenant?