Psalms 51:17
The sacrifice which God loveth is a broken spirit; A broken and contrite heart, O God! thou wilt not despise!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
16For thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it; Thou delightest not in burnt-offerings.
18Do good to Zion according to thy mercy; Build up the walls of Jerusalem!
Cross References
Psalms 22:24For he hath not despised nor abhorred the misery of the afflicted. Nor hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard.
Psalms 102:17He will regard the prayer of the destitute, And not despise their supplication.
Psalms 147:3He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds.
Isaiah 61:1The spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me, For Jehovah hath anointed me; He hath sent me to publish good tidings to the distressed, To bind up the broken-hearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
Ezekiel 9:3And the glory of the God of Israel went up from the cherub upon which it was to the threshold of the house; and he called to the man clothed with linen, who had the writer's ink-horn by his side;
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 →