⁹ I have no need of a bull^(A) from your stall
    or of goats^(B) from your pens,^(C)

⁶ With what shall I come before^(A) the Lord
    and bow down before the exalted God?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
    with calves a year old?^(B)
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,^(C)
    with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?^(D)
Shall I offer my firstborn^(E) for my transgression,
    the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?^(F)
8 He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
    And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly^(G) and to love mercy
    and to walk humbly^[a](H) with your God.^(I)

“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
    but a body you prepared for me;^(D)
6 with burnt offerings and sin offerings
    you were not pleased.

²³ You have not brought me sheep for burnt offerings,^(A)
    nor honored^(B) me with your sacrifices.^(C)
I have not burdened^(D) you with grain offerings
    nor wearied you with demands^(E) for incense.^(F)
24 You have not bought any fragrant calamus^(G) for me,
    or lavished on me the fat^(H) of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins
    and wearied^(I) me with your offenses.^(J)

³¹ This will please the Lord more than an ox,
    more than a bull with its horns and hooves.^(A)