Psalm 51:16

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Summary

Psalm 51:16

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

Desirest

Delightest

General references

Numbers 7:27

Numbers 29:17

Psalm 50:8

Bible References

Desirest

Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being,
And in the hidden part [of my heart] You will make me know wisdom.

But if a man acts intentionally against another and kills him by [design through] treachery, you are to take him from My altar [to which he may have fled for protection], so that he may be put to death.

‘Also if one person sins unintentionally, then he shall offer a female goat one year old as a sin offering.

Moreover, you shall not accept a ransom [in exchange] for the life of a murderer guilty and sentenced to death; but he shall certainly be put to death.

“If a man is intimate with a woman who is another man’s wife, they shall both be put to death, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman. So you shall remove the evil from Israel.

For I desire and delight in [steadfast] loyalty [faithfulness in the covenant relationship], rather than sacrifice,
And in the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Delightest

Sacrifice and meal offering You do not desire, nor do You delight in them;
You have opened my ears and given me the capacity to hear [and obey Your word];
Burnt offerings and sin offerings You do not require.

“I do not reprove you for your sacrifices;
Your burnt offerings are continually before Me.

The sacrifice of the wicked is hateful and exceedingly offensive to the Lord,
But the prayer of the upright is His delight!

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable and offensive [to the Lord].
How much more [unacceptable and insulting can it be] when he brings it with evil intention?

“What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me [without your repentance]?”
Says the Lord.
“I have had enough of [your] burnt offerings of rams
And the fat of well-fed cattle [without your obedience];
And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls or lambs or goats [offered without repentance].

For in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to your fathers or command them concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices.

“I hate, I despise and reject your [sacred] feasts,
And I do not take delight in your solemn assemblies.

Therefore, when Christ enters into the world, He says,

“Sacrifice and offering You have not desired,
But [instead] You have prepared a body for Me [to offer];

General references

one young bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, as a burnt offering;

‘Then on the second day [of the Feast of Booths]: twelve bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without blemish,

“I do not reprove you for your sacrifices;
Your burnt offerings are continually before Me.