Psalms 50:9
But I do not really need you to sacrifice the bulls from your barns and the goats from your pens,
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 40:7So I said to you, “Yahweh, here I am, to do the things that have been written in the scroll that contains your laws, things that you want me to do.”
Isaiah 43:23You have not brought to me sheep or goats for offerings that will be completely burned on the altar; you have not honored me by bringing to me any sacrifices, even though the offerings of grain and incense that I asked you to bring to me were not a burden to you.
Acts 17:25He does not need to have anything made for him by people [MTY] {to have people [MTY] make [MTY] anything for him}, because everything that exists belongs to him. He is the one who causes ◄us (inc)/all people► to live and breathe, and he gives us all the things that we(inc) need.
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 →