Psalms 51:17
The 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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In Context
16For in sacrifice you have no pleasure, in gifts of burnt-offering no delight.
18Do good in your pleasure to Zion, build the walls of Jerusalem.
Cross References
Psalms 22:24For he has not despised nor abhorred the sorrow of the sorrowful. He hid not his face from me, but he listened to my cry for help.
Psalms 102:17in response to the prayer of the destitute, whose prayer he will not despise.
Psalms 147:3He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
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 →