³¹ It will please Yahweh better than an ox, Or a bull that has horns and hoofs.

¹³ Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats?

¹⁴ Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.

²³ Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, And prepares his way so that I will show God's salvation to him."

² Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, "Forgive all our sins, And accept that which is good: So we offer like bulls our lips.

¹⁹ speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and singing praises in your heart to the Lord;

²⁰ giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

¹⁵ Through him, then, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name.

⁵ You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.