¹⁷ The sacrifices of God are ^(A)a broken spirit;
    a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

^3 (A)To do righteousness and justice
    is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

^11 (A)“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
    says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
    and the fat of well-fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
    or of lambs, or of goats.

^16 (A)Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
    remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
^(B)cease to do evil,
¹⁷     learn to do good;
^(C)seek justice,
    correct oppression;
^(D)bring justice to the fatherless,
    plead the widow's cause.

^9 (A)But I with the voice of thanksgiving
    will sacrifice to you;
what I have vowed I will pay.
    ^(B)Salvation belongs to the Lord!”