Yahweh’s Case Against His People

Listen now to what Yahweh is saying, “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, And let the hills listen to your voice.

Listen, you mountains, to the case of Yahweh, And you enduring foundations of the earth, Because Yahweh has a case against His people; Even with Israel He will reprove.

My people, remember now What Balak king of Moab counseled And what Balaam son of Beor answered him, And from Shittim to Gilgal, So that you might know the righteous acts of Yahweh.”

What Yahweh Requires

With what shall I come before Yahweh And bow myself before the God on high? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, With yearling calves?

Is Yahweh pleased with thousands of rams, With ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does Yahweh require of you But to do justice, to love lovingkindness, And to walk humbly with your God?

The voice of Yahweh will call to the city— And it is sound wisdom to fear Your name: “Hear, O tribe. Who even has appointed its time?

Yahweh Is a Light for Me

But as for me, I will watch expectantly for Yahweh; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

Do not be glad over me, O my enemy. Though I fall I will rise; Though I inhabit the darkness, Yahweh is a light for me.

I will bear the rage of Yahweh Because I have sinned against Him, Until He pleads my case and does justice for me. He will bring me out to the light, And I will see His righteousness.

Then my enemy will see, And shame will cover her who said to me, “Where is Yahweh your God?” My eyes will look on her; At that time she will be trampled down Like mire of the streets.

They will lick the dust like a serpent, Like crawling things of the earth. They will come trembling out of their fortresses; To Yahweh our God they will come in dread, And they will be afraid before You.