Psalms 51:16

For in sacrifice you have no pleasure, in gifts of burnt-offering no delight.

Open English Bible (US)

In The King James Version

For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

In Context

15Open my lips, O Lord, and my mouth shall declare your praise.

17The sacrifice pleasing to God is a spirit that is broken; a heart that is crushed, O God, you will not despise.

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Cross References

Psalms 50:8Not for your sacrifices will I reprove you your burnt-offerings are ever before me

Psalms 71:15All the day long shall my mouth tell your faithfulness and your salvation, though I know not how they may be counted.

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 →

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