1. Hear ye now what the Lord saith: Arise, contend thou with the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
2. Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth; for the Lord has a controversy with his people, and he will reprove Israel.
3. O my people, what have I done unto thee? and in what have I wearied thee? testify against me.
4. For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt and ransomed thee out of the house of slaves; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
5. O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal: that ye may know the righteousness of the Lord.
6. With what shall I present myself before the Lord, and how shall I worship the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
7. Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my rebellion, the fruit of my bowels for the sin of my soul?
8. He has declared unto thee, O man, what is good and what the Lord requires of thee: only to do right judgment, and to love mercy, and to humble thyself to walk with thy God.