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.

“But unto the wicked, God saith:

What hast thou to do to declare my statutes,

And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth?

Seeing thou hatest instruction,

And castest my words behind thee.”[536]

Again, in the prophecy of Isaiah: