8
“I do (A)not reprove you for your sacrifices,
And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
9
“I shall take no (B)young bull out of your house
Nor male goats out of your folds.
10
“For (C)every beast of the forest is Mine,
The cattle on a thousand hills.
11
“I know every (D)bird of the mountains,
And everything that moves in the field is (a)Mine.
12
“If I were hungry I would not tell you,
For the (E)world is Mine, and (b)all it contains.
13
“Shall I eat the flesh of (c)(F)bulls
Or drink the blood of male goats?
14
“Offer to God (G)a sacrifice of thanksgiving
And (H)pay your vows to the Most High;

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 50:11: ['Or ', in My mind, '; lit ', with Me]
b. Psalm 50:12: ['Lit ', its fullness]
c. Psalm 50:13: ['Lit ', strong ones]

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