Offer to God the sacrifice of praise; and pay your vows to the Most High.

Then shall You be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, offering, and whole burnt sacrifices; then shall they offer calves upon Your altar.

They shall utterly destroy the nations, and you shall call [men] there, and there offer the sacrifice of righteousness; for the wealth of the sea shall suckle you, and so shall the emporiums of them that dwell by the sea coast.

And Absalom sent to Ahithophel the Gilonite, the counselor of David, from his city, from Giloh, where he was sacrificing. And there was a strong conspiracy; and the people with Absalom were increasingly numerous.

Of what [value] to Me is the abundance of your sacrifices? Says the Lord; I am full of whole burnt offerings of rams; and I delight not in the fat of lambs, and the blood of bulls and goats;

Though you bring fine flour, [it is] futile; incense is an abomination to Me; I cannot bear your new moons, and your Sabbaths, and the great day;

When you stretch forth your hands, I will turn away My eyes from you; and though you make many supplications, I will not hearken to you; for your hands are full of blood.

learn to do well; diligently seek judgment, deliver him that is suffering wrong, plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow.

For I am the Lord who loves righteousness, and hate robberies of injustice; and I will give their labor to the just, and will make an everlasting covenant with them.

For if you bring a blind [victim] for sacrifices, is it not evil? And if you bring the lame or the sick, [is it] not evil? Offer it now to your ruler, and see if he will receive you, if he will accept your person, says the Lord Almighty.

For from the rising of the sun, even to the going down thereof, My name has been glorified among the Gentiles; and in every place incense is offered to My name, and a pure offering: for My name is great among the Gentiles, says the Lord Almighty.

And you said, These [services] are troublesome: therefore I have utterly rejected them with scorn, says the Lord Almighty: and you brought in torn victims, and lame, and sick: if then you should bring an offering, shall I accept them at your hands? Says the Lord Almighty.

Therefore if you offer your gift on the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you,

Therefore if you offer your gift on the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you,

Therefore through Him let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, confessing to His name.

But do not forget the doing of good and generosity, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Accept correction, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you should perish from the righteous way. Whenever His wrath shall be suddenly kindled, blessed are all they that trust in Him.

[A Psalm] of David. Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in my innocence; and hoping in the Lord I shall not be moved.

Hope in the Lord, and do good; and dwell on the land, and you shall be fed with the wealth of it.

Hope in Him, all you congregation of the people; pour out your hearts before Him, for God is our helper. Pause.

For the Lord loves mercy and truth; God will give grace and glory; the Lord will not withhold good things from them that walk in innocence.

O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts in You!

supporting truth, and keeping peace; for on You, O Lord,

they have trusted with confidence forever, the great, eternal God;

Who is among you that fears the Lord? Let him hearken to the voice of His servant; you that walk in darkness, and have no light, trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon God.

Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.