7. Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, even thy God.
8. I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; and thy burnt offerings are continually before me.
9. I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.
10. For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11. I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
12. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
13. Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
14. Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the Most High:
15. And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16. But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes; and that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth?
17. Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.