Psalms 51:19
Then wilt thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt offering and whole burnt offering: Then will they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
In Context
18Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Cross References
Psalms 4:5Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And put your trust in Jehovah.
Psalms 66:13I will come into thy house with burnt offerings; I will pay thee my vows,
Isaiah 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
Malachi 3:3and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer unto Jehovah offerings in righteousness.
Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, even as Christ also loved us, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odor of a sweet smell.
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 →