Remember, O my people, what Balak the king of Moab had imagined against thee, and what answer that Balaam the son of Beor gave him, from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the loving-kindness of the LORD.

"Hear, O my people, and I will speak; I myself will testify against thee, O Israel; for I am God, even thy God.

Hear, O my people; for I assure thee, O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me.

What

Thus sayeth the LORD unto you, "What unfaithfulness found your fathers in me, that they went so far away from me, falling to lightness, and being so vain?

Wherein

"For thou, Jacob, wouldest not call upon me, but thou hadst an un-lust toward me, O Israel.

Testify

Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight, that thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and clear when thou shalt judge.

God forbid. Let God be true, and all men liars, as it is written, "That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings and shouldest overcome when thou art judged."

General references

And the LORD said unto Cain, "Why art thou angry, and why lowerest thou? Knowest thou not, if thou dost well thou shalt receive it?