Psalm 51:17

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Summary

Psalm 51:17

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Sacrifices

A broken spirit

Thou

General references

Leviticus 7:3

Numbers 29:17

Bible References

Sacrifices

Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving
and announce His works with shouts of joy.

And to love Him with all your heart, with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship.

But I have received everything in full, and I have an abundance. I am fully supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you provided—a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

Don’t neglect to do what is good and to share, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

A broken spirit

The Lord is near the brokenhearted;
He saves those crushed in spirit.

He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.

because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the Lord

when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I Myself have heard you—this is the Lord’s declaration—

For the High and Exalted One
who lives forever, whose name is Holy says this:
“I live in a high and holy place,
and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly
and revive the heart of the oppressed.

The Spirit of the Lord God is on Me,
because the Lord has anointed Me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives
and freedom to the prisoners;

My hand made all these things,
and so they all came into being.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will look favorably on this kind of person:
one who is humble, submissive in spirit,
and trembles at My word.

Then the glory of the God of Israel rose from above the cherub where it had been, to the threshold of the temple. He called to the man clothed in linen with the writing equipment at his side.

“The poor in spirit are blessed,

for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

The Pharisee took his stand

and was praying like this: ‘God, I thank You that I’m not like other people —greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

Thou

For He has not despised or detested
the torment of the afflicted.
He did not hide His face from him
but listened when he cried to Him for help.

He will pay attention to the prayer of the destitute
and will not despise their prayer.

When he was in distress, he sought the favor of Yahweh his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

I hate, I despise your feasts!
I can’t stand the stench
of your solemn assemblies.

When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “This man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching Him—she’s a sinner!”

And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them!”

General references

The offerer must present all the fat from it: the fat tail, the fat surrounding the entrails,

“On the second day present 12 young bulls, two rams, and 14 male lambs a year old—all unblemished—