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

Lo, truth Thou hast desired in the inward parts, And in the hidden part Wisdom Thou causest me to know.

'And when a man doth presume against his neighbour to slay him with subtilty, from Mine altar thou dost take him to die.

'And if one person sin in ignorance, then he hath brought near a she-goat, daughter of a year, for a sin-offering;

And ye take no atonement for the life of a murderer who is condemned -- to die, for he is certainly put to death;

'When a man is found lying with a woman, married to a husband, then they have died even both of them, the man who is lying with the woman, also the woman; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of Israel.

For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.

Delightest

Sacrifice and present Thou hast not desired, Ears Thou hast prepared for me, Burnt and sin-offering Thou hast not asked.

Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings Are before Me continually.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah, And the prayer of the upright is His delight.

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination, Much more when in wickedness he bringeth it.

Why to Me the abundance of your sacrifices? saith Jehovah, I have been satiated with burnt-offerings of rams, And fat of fatlings; And blood of bullocks, and lambs, And he-goats I have not desired.

For I did not speak with your fathers, Nor did I command them in the day of My bringing them out of the land of Egypt, Concerning the matters of burnt-offering and sacrifice,

I have hated -- I have loathed your festivals, And I am not refreshed by your restraints.

Wherefore, coming into the world, he saith, 'Sacrifice and offering Thou didst not will, and a body Thou didst prepare for me,

General references

one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, one lamb, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering;

'And on the second day twelve bullocks, sons of the herd, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones;

Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings Are before Me continually.