5. “Gather to me my loyal ones, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
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.”