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Psalm 51

Psa. 51:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Forl thou desirest
chaphets (Hebrew #2654)
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
KJV usage: X any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.
Pronounce: khaw-fates'
Origin: a primitive root
not sacrifice
zebach (Hebrew #2077)
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
KJV usage: offer(- ing), sacrifice.
Pronounce: zeh'-bakh
Origin: from 2076
; νelse would I give
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
it: thou delightest
ratsah (Hebrew #7521)
to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt
KJV usage: (be) accept(-able), accomplish, set affection, approve, consent with, delight (self), enjoy, (be, have a) favour(-able), like, observe, pardon, (be, have, take) please(-ure), reconcile self.
Pronounce: raw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
not in burnt offering
`olah (Hebrew #5930)
feminine active participle of 5927; a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
KJV usage: ascent, burnt offering (sacrifice), go up to. See also 5766.
Pronounce: o-law'
Origin: or mowlah {o-law'}
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Heb. 6:6• 6and have fallen away, while for themselves crucifying and making a show of the Son of God. (Heb. 6:6)
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Mic. 6:7‑8• 7Will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousand rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
 8He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? (Mic. 6:7‑8)
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Heb. 10:4‑10• 4For blood of bulls and goats [is] incapable of taking away sins.
 5Wherefore entering into the world he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou willedst not, but a body thou preparedst for me:
 6in whole burnt-offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou hadst no pleasure.
 7Then I said, Lo, I am come (in the book-roll it is written of me) to do thy will, O God.
 8Above saying, Sacrifice and offering and whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou willedst not nor hadst pleasure in (the which are offered according to the law),
 9then he hath said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first that he may establish the second;
 10by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. (Heb. 10:4‑10)
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or, that I should.

More on:

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Burnt Offering or Sacrifice,
Offering; Offering Up,
Sacrifice

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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desirest.
Psa. 51:6• 6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts,{HR}And in the hidden [part] thou wilt make me to know wisdom. (Psa. 51:6)
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Ex. 21:14• 14But if a man act wantonly toward his neighbour, and slay him with guile, thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. (Ex. 21:14)
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Num. 15:27,30‑31• 27And if one soul sin through inadvertence, then he shall present a yearling she-goat for a sin-offering.
 30But the soul that doeth ought with a high hand, whether born in the land, or a stranger, he reproacheth Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
 31For he hath despised the word of Jehovah, and hath broken his commandment: that soul shall surely be cut off; his iniquity is upon him. (Num. 15:27,30‑31)
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Num. 35:31• 31And ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall certainly be put to death. (Num. 35:31)
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Deut. 22:22• 22If a man be found lying with a man's wife, they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; and thou shalt put away evil from Israel. (Deut. 22:22)
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Hos. 6:6• 6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. (Hos. 6:6)
else would I.
or, that I should.
delightest.
Psa. 40:6• 6Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire;{HR}Mine ears didst thou dig;{HR}Burnt-offering and sin-offering thou didst not ask. (Psa. 40:6)
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Psa. 50:8• 8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices{HR}And thy burnt offerings continually before me. (Psa. 50:8)
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Prov. 15:8• 8The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to Jehovah;{HR}But the prayer of the upright [is] His delight. (Prov. 15:8)
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Prov. 21:27• 27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination;{HR}How much more [when] he bringeth it with a wicked purpose! (Prov. 21:27)
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Isa. 1:11‑15• 11To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith Jehovah: 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.
 12When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
 13Bring no more vain oblations: incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and Sabbath, the calling of assemblies, — I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn meeting.
 14Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear [them].
 15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. (Isa. 1:11‑15)
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Jer. 7:22‑23,27• 22For I spoke not unto your fathers, nor commanded them concerning burnt-offerings and sacrifices, in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt;
 23but I commanded them this thing, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.
 27And thou shalt speak all these words unto them, but they will not hearken unto thee; and thou shalt call unto them, but they will not answer thee. (Jer. 7:22‑23,27)
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Amos 5:21‑23• 21I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
 22Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
 23Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. (Amos 5:21‑23)
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Heb. 10:5‑6• 5Wherefore entering into the world he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou willedst not, but a body thou preparedst for me:
 6in whole burnt-offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou hadst no pleasure. (Heb. 10:5‑6)
• The soul, having profited by the witness of God in Psalms 50, now disclaims all confidence in legal sacrifices. (“Psalm 51” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.

W. Kelly Translation

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For thou desirest not sacrifice: else would I give it;{HR}In burnt offering thou dost not take pleasure.