Psalms 50:8
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; and thy burnt-offerings are continually before Me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
7'Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: God, thy God, am I.
9I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.
Cross References
Psalms 40:6(40-7) Sacrifice and meal-offering Thou hast no delight in; mine ears hast Thou opened; burnt-offering and sin-offering hast Thou not required.
Isaiah 1:11To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me? saith the LORD; I am full of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
Hosea 6:6For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than 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 →