7 Hearken, My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will witness against thee: Elohim, thy God am I. 8 Not on [account of] thy sacrifices will I reprove thee; Yea, thy burnt offerings are before me continually. 9 I will not take a bullock out of thy house, Nor out of thy folds he-goats. 10 For Mine is every beast of the forest, The cattle on the mountains in thousands. 11 I know every bird of the mountains, And whatever moves on the field is before Me. 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: For Mine is the world and its fulness. 13 Shall I eat the flesh of bulls, or the blood of he-goats shall I drink? 14 Sacrifice to God thanksgiving; And pay thy vows to the Most High: 15 And call on Me in the day of trouble. I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify Me. 16 But to the wicked [man] God saith, What hast thou to do to tell My statutes, And that thou takest My covenant into thy mouth? 17 And [all the while] thou hatest correction, And flingest My words behind thee. 18 If thou seest a robber, thou art pleased with him; And with adulterers is thy portion. 19 Thy mouth thou dost let loose for evil, And thy tongue weaves deceit. 20 Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; At thine own mother's son thou aimest a thrust. 21 These things hast thou done, and I was silent; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether like thyself: I will reprove thee, and order [the proofs] before thine eyes. 22 Consider now this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be no deliverer: 23 He who offers thanksgiving as sacrifice glorifies Me; And he who orders his way [aright]--I will show him the salvation of God.