Psalms 50:8
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
7Hear, O my people, and I will speak: O Israel, and I will testify to thee: I am God, thy God.
9I will not take calves out of thy house: nor he goats out of thy flocks.
Cross References
Psalms 40:6Thou hast multiplied thy wonderful works, O Lord my God : and in thy thoughts there is no one like to thee. I have declared and I have spoken they are multiplied above number.
Isaiah 1:11To what purpose do you offer me the multitude of your victims, saith the Lord? I am full, I desire not holocausts of rams, and fat of fatlings, and blood of calves, and lambs, and buck goats.
Hosea 6:6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 50:8-16
The Inefficacy of Legal Sacrifices. 7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God. 8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. 9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. 11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. 12 If I were hungry, I would not… Read the whole commentary →