Psalms 50:8 · KJV
“I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, {to have been} continually before me.”
— Psalms 50:8
Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I {am} God, {even} thy God.
I will take no bullock out of thy house, {nor} he goats out of thy folds.
Psalms 50 — Context
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God {is} judge himself. Selah.
7Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I {am} God, {even} thy God.
8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, {to have been} continually before me.
9I will take no bullock out of thy house, {nor} he goats out of thy folds.
10For every beast of the forest {is} mine, {and} the cattle upon a thousand hills.
Cross References
Hosea 6:6
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Hebrews 10:4-10
For {it is} not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
Isaiah 1:11-31
To what purpose {is} the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. {he goats: Heb. great he goats}
Psalms 40:6-8
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. {opened: Heb. digged}
Psalms 51:16
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give {it}: thou delightest not in burnt offering. {else...: or, that I should}
Jeremiah 7:21-23
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.