My people, recall how King Balak of Moab planned to harm you, how Balaam son of Beor responded to him. Recall how you journeyed from Shittim to Gilgal, so you might acknowledge that the Lord has treated you fairly."

He says: "Listen my people! I am speaking! Listen Israel! I am accusing you! I am God, your God!

I said, 'Listen, my people! I will warn you! O Israel, if only you would obey me!

What

This is what the Lord says: "What fault could your ancestors have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to me.

Wherein

"But you did not call for me, O Jacob; you did not long for me, O Israel.

Testify

Against you -- you above all -- I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me.

Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being shown up as a liar, just as it is written: "so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged."

General references

Then the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why is your expression downcast?