Micah 6:1-4, 6-8

Hear what the LORD says:

   Arise, present your plea before the mountains,

and let the hills hear your voice!

   Hear, O mountains, the plea of the LORD,

pay attention, O foundations of the earth!

   For the LORD has a plea against his people,

and he enters into trial with Israel.

O my people, what have I done to you,

   or how have I wearied you? Answer me!

For I brought you up from the land of Egypt,

   from the place of slavery I released you;

and I sent before you Moses,

   Aaron, and Miriam.

With what shall I come before the LORD,

   and bow before God most high?

Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,

   with calves a year old?

Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams,

   with myriad streams of oil?

Shall I give my first-born for my crime,

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

You have been told, O man, what is good,

   and what the LORD requires of you:

Only to do the right and to love goodness,

   and to walk humbly with your God.