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Psalms 51:17

RepentanceHumilityGuilt and conscience

15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

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

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

18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine 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.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 34:18

    The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

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  • Isaiah 66:2

    For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.

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  • Psalms 147:3

    He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

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  • Luke 15:10

    Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

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  • Mark 12:33

    And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole 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 when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

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  • Isaiah 57:15

    For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

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