King James Version (KJV)

Psalms 51:16

“For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering.”

Verse in context — Psalms 51

Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

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

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.

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

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