1Hear, please, what the LORD is saying: Rise, contend with the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.2Hear, O mountains, the case of the LORD, and you enduring foundations of the earth, for the LORD has a case against his people, and he will contend with Israel.3My people, what have I done to you, and how have I wearied you? Answer me.4For I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and I redeemed you from the house of servants, and I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam before you.5My people, remember what Balak king of Moab advised and what Balaam son of Beor answered him, from the Shittim to the Gilgal, in order that you may know the righteous acts of the LORD.6With what shall I come before the LORD? Shall I bow before the God of the heights? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?7Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with myriads of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?8He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the LORD requires of you: but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.