Psalm 50:8

Translations

Modern

I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.

Traditional

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

Literal

It is not over your sacrifices that I rebuke you, or your burnt offerings before me continually.

Latin

Non in sacrificiis tuis arguam te; holocausta autem tua in conspectu meo sunt semper.

Original

Hebrew

English

I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.

Notes

Psalms 50:7–13

The psalmist warns against valuing sacrificial rituals more than having the right attitude in your heart.

Psalms 50:1–23

God appears as judge. He reminds both the godly and the ungodly that sacrifices and reciting the law are worthless without thankfulness, repentance, and justice.

Theme notes and profiles

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Related verses

Hosea 6:6
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Hebrews 10:4–10
…because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
Isaiah 1:11–31
“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
Psalm 51:16
For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.
Psalm 40:6–8
Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
Jeremiah 7:21–23
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves!

Glossary

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Topics

Offerings: Unacceptable, Without Gratitude Offerings: Useless when not Accompanied by Genuine Piety The Burnt offering: Incapable of Removing Sin, and Reconciling to God

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