₇“Listen, my people, and I will speak;

I will testify against you, Israel.

I am God, your God.

₈I do not reprimand you because of your sacrifices

and the burnt offerings you always bring me.

₉And yet I do not need bulls from your farms

or goats from your flocks;

₁₀all the animals in the forest are mine

and the cattle on thousands of hills.

₁₁All the wild birds are mine

and all living things in the fields.

₁₂“If I were hungry, I would not ask you for food,

for the world and everything in it is mine.

₁₃Do I eat the flesh of bulls

or drink the blood of goats?

₁₄Let the giving of thanks be your sacrifice to God,

and give the Almighty all that you promised.

₁₅Call to me when trouble comes;

I will save you,

and you will praise me.”