Psalms 50:16

For if you desired sacrifice, I would have given it: you will not take pleasure in whole burnt offerings. 1

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

In Context

15O Lord, you shall open my lips; and my mouth shall declare your praise. 1

17Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit: a broken and humbled heart God will not despise. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 1:11Of what value to me is the abundance of your sacrifices? says the Lord: I am full of whole burnt offerings of rams; and I delight not in the fat of lambs, and the blood of bulls and goats:

Isaiah 48:1Hear these words, you⌃ house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of Juda, who swear by the name of the Lord God of Israel, making mention of it, but not with truth, nor with righteousness;

Isaiah 55:6Seek you⌃ the Lord, and when you⌃ find him, call upon him; and when he shall draw near to you,

Jeremiah 7:4Trust not in yourselves with lying words, for they shall not profit you at all, saying, It is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.

Ezekiel 20:37And I will cause you to pass under my rod, and I will bring you in by number.

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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