Mic 6:8 | NETfull | STEP | He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord really wants from you: He wants you to promote justice, to be faithful, and to live obediently before your God.

Micah 6:8

8 He has told you, O man, what is good,
and what the Lord really wants from you: ^{▼▼ What the Lord really wants from you. Now the prophet switches roles and answers the hypothetical worshiper’s question. He makes it clear that the Lord desires proper attitudes more than ritual and sacrifice.}
He wants you to ^{▼▼ Heb “except.” This statement is actually linked with what precedes, “What does he want from you except….”} promote ^{▼▼ Heb “to do,” in the sense of “promote.”} justice, to be faithful, ^{▼▼ Heb “to love faithfulness.”}
and to live obediently before ^{▼▼ Heb “to walk humbly [or perhaps, “carefully”] with.”} your God.