³ Do not let those who wait for you be put to shame;
    let them be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous.^(A)

¹⁶ For you have no delight in sacrifice;
    if I were to give a burnt offering, you would not be pleased.^(A)

¹⁷ The sacrifice acceptable to God^[a] is a broken spirit;
    a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.^(A)

⁷ Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,
    with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
    the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”^(A)

⁸ He has told you, O mortal, what is good,
    and what does the Lord require of you
but to do justice and to love kindness
    and to walk humbly with your God?^(A)