^4 (A)He shall call to the heavens from above,
And to the earth, that He may judge His people:
⁵ “Gather ^(B)My saints together to Me,
^(C)Those who have ^[a]made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.”
⁶ Let the ^(D)heavens declare His righteousness,
For ^(E)God Himself is Judge. Selah

⁷ “Hear, O My people, and I will speak,
O Israel, and I will testify against you;
^(F)I am God, your God!
^8 (G)I will not ^[b]rebuke you ^(H)for your sacrifices
Or your burnt offerings,
Which are continually before Me.
^9 (I)I will not take a bull from your house,
Nor goats out of your folds.
¹⁰ For every beast of the forest is Mine,
And the cattle on a thousand hills.
¹¹ I know all the birds of the mountains,
And the wild beasts of the field are Mine.

¹² “If I were hungry, I would not tell you;
^(J)For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.
^13 (K)Will I eat the flesh of bulls,
Or drink the blood of goats?
^14 (L)Offer to God thanksgiving,
And ^(M)pay your vows to the Most High.
^15 (N)Call upon Me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”

¹⁶ But to the wicked God says:
“What right have you to declare My statutes,
Or take My covenant in your mouth,
^17 (O)Seeing you hate instruction
And cast My words behind you?
¹⁸ When you saw a thief, you ^(P)consented^[c] with him,
And have been a ^(Q)partaker with adulterers.
¹⁹ You give your mouth to evil,
And ^(R)your tongue frames deceit.
²⁰ You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.
²¹ These things you have done, and I kept silent;
^(S)You thought that I was altogether like you;
But I will rebuke you,
And ^(T)set them in order before your eyes.

²² “Now consider this, you who ^(U)forget God,
Lest I tear you in pieces,
And there be none to deliver:
²³ Whoever offers praise glorifies Me;
And ^(V)to him who orders his conduct aright
I will show the salvation of God.”

²¹ Therefore the Lord heard this and ^(A)was furious;
So a fire was kindled against Jacob,
And anger also came up against Israel,
²² Because they ^(B)did not believe in God,
And did not trust in His salvation.