3. Our God comes; he does not keep silence;before him is a devouring fire,around him a mighty tempest.
4. He calls to the heavens aboveand to the earth, that he may judge his people:
5. “Gather to me my faithful ones,who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”
6. The heavens declare his righteousness,for God himself is judge! Selah
7. “Hear, O my people, and I will speak;O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
8. Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you;your burnt offerings are continually before me.
9. I will not accept a bull from your houseor goats from your folds.
10. For every beast of the forest is mine,the cattle on a thousand hills.
11. I know all the birds of the hills,and all that moves in the field is mine.
12. “If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine.