5 He says, “Gather my faithful people to me,those who made a covenant with me by offering a sacrifice.”
6 The heavens proclaim that God is righteous,that he himself is judge.
7 “Listen, my people, and I will speak;I will testify against you, Israel.I am God, your God.
8 I do not reprimand you because of your sacrificesand the burnt offerings you always bring me.
9 And yet I do not need bulls from your farmsor goats from your flocks;
10 all the animals in the forest are mineand the cattle on thousands of hills.
11 All the wild birds are mineand all living things in the fields.