Psalms 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, thou will not despise.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
16For thou delight not in sacrifice, else I would give it. Thou have no pleasure in burnt-offering.
18Do good in thy good pleasure to Zion. Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Cross References
2 Kings 22:19because thy heart was tender, and thou humbled thyself before LORD when thou heard what I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have torn thy clothes, and
Psalms 22:24For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, neither has he hid his face from him, but when he cried to him, he heard.
Psalms 102:17He has regarded the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.
Psalms 147:3He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of lord LORD is upon me, because LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind (LXX/NT), and
Ezekiel 9:3And the glory of the God of Israel went up from the cherub, upon which it was, to the threshold of the house, and he called to the man clothed in linen who had the writer's case by his side.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 51:15-19
Penitential Petitions. 14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. 15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise. 16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. 19 Then shalt thou… Read the whole commentary →