Micah 6:1–8

^aHear ye now what the Lord saith;

Arise, contend thou before the mountains,

And let the hills hear thy voice.

^2abHear ye, O mountains, ^cthe Lord’s controversy,

And ye strong foundations of the earth:

For ^cthe Lord hath a controversy with his people,

And he will plead with Israel.

³O my people, ^dwhat have I done unto thee?

And ^ewherein have I wearied thee?

Testify against me.

⁴For ^fI brought thee up out of the land of Egypt,

And ^ghredeemed thee ^fhout of the house of servants;

And I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and ⁱMiriam.

⁵O my people, remember now ^kwhat Balak king of Moab consulted,

And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him;

From ^lShittim unto ^mGilgal;

That ye may know ⁿthe righteousness of the Lord.

^6oWherewith shall I ^pcome before the Lord,

And ^qbow myself before the ^rhigh God?

Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,

With calves of a year old?

^7sWill the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,

Or with ten thousands of ^trivers of oil?

^uShall I give my firstborn for my transgression,

The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

^8sHe hath shewed thee, ^vO man, what is good;

And ^wwhat doth the Lord require of thee,

But ^xto do ^yjustly, and to love ^ymercy,

And to walk humbly ^awith thy God?