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Psalms 51:17

RepentanceHumilityGuilt and conscience

15 O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.

16 For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

18 In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.

19 Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.

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BSB
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
KJV
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
WEB
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart.
ASV
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
DARBY
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
BLB
The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit. A heart broken and crushed, O God, You will not despise.
ÅB
Offere for Gud er en sønderbrutt ånd, et sønderbrutt og sønderknust hjerte vil du, Gud, ikke forakte.
OTB
Guds offer er en sønderbrutt ånd;
Et sønderknust og nedbøyd hjerte, Gud, vil du ikke forakte.
B1930
Offere for Gud er en sønderbrutt ånd, et sønderbrutt og sønderknust hjerte vil du, Gud, ikke forakte.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 34:18

    The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.

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  • Isaiah 66:2

    Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.

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  • Psalms 147:3

    He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

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  • Luke 15:10

    In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

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  • Mark 12:33

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

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  • Matthew 5:3

    “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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  • 2 Chronicles 33:12–13

    And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.

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  • Isaiah 57:15

    For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.

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