⁸ I bring no charges^(A) against you concerning your sacrifices
    or concerning your burnt offerings,^(B) which are ever before me.
⁹ I have no need of a bull^(C) from your stall
    or of goats^(D) from your pens,^(E)
10 for every animal of the forest^(F) is mine,
    and the cattle on a thousand hills.^(G)
11 I know every bird^(H) in the mountains,
    and the insects in the fields^(I) are mine.
¹² If I were hungry I would not tell you,
    for the world^(J) is mine, and all that is in it.^(K)
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
    or drink the blood of goats?

⁵ This is what God the Lord says—
the Creator of the heavens,^(A) who stretches them out,
    who spreads out the earth^(B) with all that springs from it,^(C)
    who gives breath^(D) to its people,
    and life to those who walk on it:

⁴ The Spirit^(A) of God has made me;^(B)
    the breath of the Almighty^(C) gives me life.^(D)

⁶ If you sin, how does that affect him?
    If your sins are many, what does that do to him?^(A)
7 If you are righteous, what do you give to him,^(B)
    or what does he receive^(C) from your hand?^(D)

²⁷ All creatures look to you
    to give them their food^(A) at the proper time.
²⁸ When you give it to them,
    they gather it up;
when you open your hand,
    they are satisfied^(B) with good things.
²⁹ When you hide your face,^(C)
    they are terrified;
when you take away their breath,
    they die and return to the dust.^(D)
30 When you send your Spirit,^(E)
    they are created,
    and you renew the face of the ground.