Psalms 50:8
Not because of thy sacrifices will I reprove thee; and thy burnt-offerings are continually before me.
Leeser Tanakh
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 not take a bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.
Cross References
Psalms 40:6(40:7) Sacrifice and meat-offering thou desirest not—ears hast thou hollowed out unto me—burnt-offering and sin-offering thou demandest not.
Isaiah 1:11For what serveth me the multitude of your sacrifices? saith the Lord: I am sated with the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fatted beasts; and the blood of bullocks, and of sheep, and of he-goats, I do not desire.
Hosea 6:6For piety I desired, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God, more 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 →