Psalms 50:8

I reprove thee not on account of thy sacrifices; For thy burnt-offerings are ever before me.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

In Context

7“Hear, O my people, and I will speak! O Israel, and I will testify against thee! For I am God, thine own God.

9I will take no bullock from thy house, Nor he-goat from thy folds;

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Cross References

Psalms 40:6In sacrifice and oblation thou hast no pleasure; Mine ears thou hast opened; Burnt-offering and sin-offering thou requirest not.

Isaiah 1:11What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah; I am satiated with burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; In the blood of bullocks and of lambs and of goats I have no delight.

Hosea 6:6For I desired 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 →

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