Psalms 50:9
I take not from thy house a bullock, From thy folds he goats.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
In Context
8Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings [Are] before Me continually.
10For Mine [is] every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen.
Cross References
Psalms 40:7Then said I, 'Lo, I have come,' In the roll of the book it is written of me,
Isaiah 43:23Thou hast not brought in to Me, The lamb of thy burnt-offerings, And [with] thy sacrifices thou hast not honoured Me, I have not caused thee to serve with a present, Nor wearied thee with frankincense.
Acts 17:25neither by the hands of men is He served — needing anything, He giving to all life, and breath, and all things;
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 →