Psalms 51:19

Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
pleased	תַּחְפֹּ֣ץ tach.Potz	H2654	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
sacrifices	זִבְחֵי ziv.chei-	H2077	properly · noun, common masculine plural construct
righteousness	צֶ֭דֶק Tze.dek	H6664	the right (natural · noun, common masculine singular absolute
offering	עוֹלָ֣ה o.Lah	H5930	a step or (collectively · noun, common feminine singular absolute
whole	וְכָלִ֑יל ve.kha.Lil	H3632	complete · conjunction + adjective, masculine singular absolute
offering	עֹלָה ʻôlâh	H5930	a step or (collectively
offer	יַעֲל֖וּ ya.'a.Lu	H5927	to ascend · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
bullocks	פָרִֽים fa.Rim	H6499	a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength · noun, common masculine plural absolute
altar	מִזְבַּחֲךָ֣ miz.ba.cha.Kha	H4196	an altar · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 4:5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
Malachi 3:3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may…
Ephesians 5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
Psalms 66:13-15 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which i…
Psalms 118:27 God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 51:14–end

I. David prays against the guilt of sin, and prays for the grace of God, enforcing both petitions from a plea taken from the glory of God, which he promises with thankfulness to show forth. 1. He prays against the guilt of sin, that he might be delivered from that, and promises that then he would praise God, Psa 51:14. The particular sin he prays against is blood-guiltiness, the sin he had now been guilty of, having slain Uriah with the sword of the children of Ammon. Hitherto perhaps he had stopped the mouth of conscience with that frivolous excuse, that he did not kill him himself; but now he was convinced that he was the murderer, and, hearing the blood cry to God for vengeance, he cries…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 51:19

God reconciled, material sacrifices will be acceptable (Psa 4:5; compare Isa 1:11-17). Next: Psalms Chapter 52

John Gill on Psalms 51:19

Then shall thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness,.... Which must be different from the legal ones he desired not, and did not delight in, Psalm 51:16; but design sacrifices under the Gospel dispensation, as the word "then" shows, which connects this verse with Psalm 51:18, and in the first place intend the sacrifice of Christ, which is of a sweet smelling savour to God; and his righteousness, with which he is well pleased, because the law is magnified and made honourable by it; and next the saints themselves, who present their bodies to him a holy, living, and acceptable sacrifice, they being accepted with him in Christ the beloved; as also their good works, particularly acts…

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John Calvin on Psalms 51:16–end

Psalm 51:16-19 16. For thou wilt not accept a sacrifice; though I should give [271] a burnt offering, it would not please thee. 17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God! thou wilt not despise. 18. Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion; build thou the walls of Jerusalem. 19. Thou shalt then accept the sacrifices of righteousness, even the burnt-offering and whole oblation; then shall calves come upon thine altar. 16. For thou wilt not accept a sacrifice By this language he expresses his confidence of obtaining pardon, although he brought nothing to God in the shape of compensation, but relied entirely upon the riches of Divine mercy. He confesses…

The Church Fathers

"Then Thou shalt accept the sacrifice of righteousness" (ver. 19). But now sacrifice for iniquity, to wit, a spirit troubled, and a heart humbled; then the sacrifice of righteousness, praises alone. For, "Blessed they that dwell in Thy house, for ever and ever they shall praise Thee:" for this is the sacrifice of righteousness. "Oblations and holocausts." What are "holocausts"? A whole victim by fire consumed. When a whole beast was laid upon the altar with fire to be consumed, it was called a holocaust. May divine fire take us up whole, and that fervour catch us whole. What fervour? "Neither is there that hideth himself from the heat thereof." What fervour? That whereof speaketh the Apostle: "In spirit fervent." Be not merely our soul taken up by that divine fire of wisdom, but also our body; that it may earn their immortality; so be it lifted up for a holocaust, that death be swallowed into victory. "Oblations and holocausts." "Then shall they lay upon thine altar calves." Whence "calves"? What shall He therein choose? Will it be the innocence of the new age, or necks freed from the yoke of the law? ...
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 51

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Dictionary and topics

Burnt Offering, The · Required to be: Offered in righteousness — Required to be: Offered in righteousness
Righteousness · Saints: Offer the sacrifice of — Saints: Offer the sacrifice of
Sacrifices · Illustrative of: Righteousness — Illustrative of: Righteousness

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 51:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 51:14–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 51:19

John Gill on Psalms 51:19

John Calvin on Psalms 51:16–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 51:19

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 51:14–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 51:19

John Gill on Psalms 51:19

John Calvin on Psalms 51:16–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 51:18–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 51:19

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 51:19