SinaiPsalm 51:17
American Standard Version
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
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Psalm 51:17 in other translations
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit.
O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart.
Psalm 51:17 in context
- 15O Lord, open thou my lips; And my mouth shall show forth thy praise.
- 16For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it: Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.
- 17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
- 18Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
- 19Then wilt thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt-offering and whole burnt-offering: Then will they offer bullocks upon thine altar.