R (23b) To the upright I will show the saving power of God.
“Hear, my people, and I will speak;
Israel, I will testify against you;
God, your God, am I.” R
“Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you,
for your burnt offerings are before me always.
I take from your house no bullock,
no goats out of your fold.” R
“For mine are all the animals of the forests,
beasts by the thousands on my mountains.
I know all the birds of the air,
and whatever stirs in the plains, belongs to me.” R
“If I were hungry, I should not tell you,
for mine are the world and its fullness.
Do I eat the flesh of strong bulls,
or is the blood of goats my drink?” R
“Why do you recite my statutes,
and profess my covenant with your mouth,
Though you hate discipline
and cast my words behind you?” R
Alleluia, alleluia. The Father willed to give us birth by the word of truth/ that we may be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. Alleluia, alleluia.
- Have you come here to torment us before the appointed time? l
