Psalms 50:8
For, behold, thou lovest truth: thou hast manifested to me the secret and hidden things of thy wisdom.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
7For, behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins did my mother conceive me.
Cross References
Psalms 40:6Mine enemies have spoken evil against me, saying, When shall he die, and his name perish?
Isaiah 1:11Of what value to me is the abundance of your sacrifices? saith the Lord: I am full of whole-burnt-offerings of rams; and I delight not in the fat of lambs, and the blood of bulls and goats:
Hosea 6:6For I will have mercy rather than sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than whole-burnt-offerings.
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 →