Psalms 50:9
I will not take calves out of thy house: nor he goats out of thy flocks.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
In Context
8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.
10For all the beasts of the woods are mine: the cattle on the hills, and the oxen.
Cross References
Psalms 40:7Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire; but thou hast pierced ears for me. Burnt offering and sin offering thou didst not require :
Isaiah 43:23Thou hast not offered me the ram of thy holocaust, nor hast thou glorified me with thy victims: I have not caused thee to serve with oblations, nor wearied thee with incense.
Acts 17:25Neither is he served with men's hands, as though he needed any thing; seeing it is he who giveth to all life, and breath, and all things:
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 →