God Rejects Empty Ritual

Psalms 50:7-15

Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, even thy God.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt-offerings are continually before me.

I will take no bullock out of thy house, Nor he-goats out of thy folds.

For every beast of the forest is mine, And the cattle upon a thousand hills.

I know all the birds of the mountains; And the wild beasts of the field are mine.

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats?

Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; And pay thy vows unto the Most High;

And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.