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your burnt offerings are continually before me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/50.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/50.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, <i>to have been</i> continually before me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/50.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I will not rebuke you for your sacrifices Or your burnt offerings, <i>Which are</i> continually before Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/50.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/50.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I do not reprove you for your sacrifices, And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/50.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“I do not reprove you for your sacrifices, And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/50.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I do not reprove you for your sacrifices, And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/50.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“I do not reprove you for your sacrifices; Your burnt offerings are continually before Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/50.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices or for your burnt offerings, which are continually before me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/50.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices or for your burnt offerings, which are continually before Me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/50.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt-offerings are continually before me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/50.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Although you offer sacrifices and always bring gifts, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/50.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; and thy burnt offerings are continually before me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/50.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I am not criticizing you for your sacrifices or burnt offerings, which are always in front of me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/50.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I do not reprimand you because of your sacrifices and the burnt offerings you always bring me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/50.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I do not rebuke you because of your sacrifices; indeed, your burnt offerings are continuously before me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/50.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/50.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I am not condemning you because of your sacrifices, or because of your burnt sacrifices that you continually offer me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/50.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/50.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt-offerings, to have been continually before me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/50.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/50.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I do not reprove you for your sacrifices, "" Indeed, your burnt-offerings "" [Are] continually before Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/50.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings Are before Me continually.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/50.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Not for thy sacrifices will I reprove thee and for thy burnt-offerings, being always before me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/50.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/50.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 49:8>I will not reprove you for your sacrifices. Moreover, your holocausts are ever in my sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/50.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you, your burnt offerings are always before me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/50.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/50.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I reproved you not for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings; they are continually before me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/50.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I am God, your God. I shall not rebuke you concerning your sacrifices, and your offerings are always before me.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/50.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt-offerings are continually before Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/50.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I will not reprove thee on account of thy sacrifices; for thy whole-burnt-offerings are before me continually.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/50-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=5913" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/50.htm">The Mighty One Calls</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">I do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3198.htm" title="3198: ’ō·w·ḵî·ḥe·ḵā (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs:: 2ms) -- To decide, adjudge, prove. A primitive root; to be right; reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict.">rebuke</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">you for</a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077: zə·ḇā·ḥe·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- A sacrifice. From zabach; properly, a slaughter, i.e. The flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice.">your sacrifices,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: wə·‘ō·w·lō·ṯe·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-fpc:: 2ms) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">and your burnt offerings</a> <a href="/hebrew/8548.htm" title="8548: ṯā·mîḏ (Adv) -- From an unused root meaning to stretch; properly, continuance; but used only constant; ellipt. The regular sacrifice.">are ever</a> <a href="/hebrew/5048.htm" title="5048: lə·neḡ·dî (Prep-l:: 1cs) -- From nagad; a front, i.e. Part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually over against or before.">before Me.</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-14</a></span><br />“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. / When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? / Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-22</a></span><br />“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/6-6.htm">Hosea 6:6</a></span><br />For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6-8</a></span><br />With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? / Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? / He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a></span><br />But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-21.htm">Jeremiah 7:21-23</a></span><br />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! / For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices, / but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/21-3.htm">Proverbs 21:3</a></span><br />To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-13.htm">Matthew 9:13</a></span><br />But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-7.htm">Matthew 12:7</a></span><br />If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/12-33.htm">Mark 12:33</a></span><br />and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-5.htm">Hebrews 10:5-8</a></span><br />Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. / In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight. / Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/51-16.htm">Psalm 51:16-17</a></span><br />For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. / The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/40-6.htm">Psalm 40:6-8</a></span><br />Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require. / Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll: / I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-3.htm">Isaiah 66:3</a></span><br />Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/13-3.htm">1 Corinthians 13:3</a></span><br />If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I will not reprove you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/40-6.htm">Psalm 40:6-8</a></b></br> Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/51-16.htm">Psalm 51:16</a></b></br> For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give <i>it</i>: thou delightest not in burnt offering.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11</a></b></br> To what purpose <i>is</i> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/46-9.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/psalms/40-6.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/job/1-5.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/psalms/49-5.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/psalms/44-15.htm">Continually</a> <a href="/psalms/50-5.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/psalms/39-11.htm">Rebuke</a> <a href="/psalms/38-1.htm">Reprove</a> <a href="/psalms/27-6.htm">Sacrifices</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/51-16.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/psalms/51-16.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/psalms/66-13.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/psalms/50-21.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/psalms/50-20.htm">Continually</a> <a href="/psalms/50-14.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/psalms/50-21.htm">Rebuke</a> <a href="/psalms/50-21.htm">Reprove</a> <a href="/psalms/50-23.htm">Sacrifices</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 50</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/50-1.htm">The majesty of God in the church</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/50-5.htm">His order to gather his saints</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/50-7.htm">The pleasure of God is not in ceremonies</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/50-14.htm">but in sincerity of obedience</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/50.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/50.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices</b><br>This phrase indicates that God acknowledges the Israelites' adherence to the sacrificial system established in the Mosaic Law. Sacrifices were central to Israelite worship, as outlined in Leviticus, serving as a means for atonement and fellowship with God. The absence of rebuke suggests that the people were performing the rituals correctly, adhering to the prescribed offerings such as burnt offerings, grain offerings, peace offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings. However, the context of <a href="/psalms/50.htm">Psalm 50</a> reveals that God is more concerned with the heart and obedience behind the sacrifices than the rituals themselves. This aligns with <a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a>, where obedience is valued over sacrifice, and <a href="/hosea/6-6.htm">Hosea 6:6</a>, which emphasizes mercy over ritual offerings. The sacrificial system also foreshadows the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who fulfills the law and offers a once-for-all atonement for sin (<a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10</a>).<p><b>and your burnt offerings are ever before Me</b><br>Burnt offerings were a specific type of sacrifice where the entire animal was consumed by fire, symbolizing complete surrender to God. These offerings were a daily practice, as described in <a href="/exodus/29-38.htm">Exodus 29:38-42</a>, and were meant to be a pleasing aroma to the Lord. The phrase "ever before Me" suggests that the Israelites were diligent in maintaining this aspect of worship, continually presenting these offerings as a sign of devotion. However, the broader context of <a href="/psalms/50.htm">Psalm 50</a> indicates that God desires more than ritualistic observance; He seeks a relationship characterized by genuine faith and righteousness. This is echoed in <a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-17</a>, where God expresses weariness with empty sacrifices and calls for justice and righteousness. The burnt offerings, while important, point to the need for a heart transformed by God's grace, ultimately fulfilled in the New Covenant through Christ's sacrifice, which brings believers into a right relationship with God (<a href="/romans/12.htm">Romans 12:1</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The speaker in this Psalm, addressing His people, Israel, regarding their worship practices.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation to whom God is speaking, known for their covenant relationship with Him and their practice of offering sacrifices.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/sacrifices_and_burnt_offerings.htm">Sacrifices and Burnt Offerings</a></b><br>Rituals commanded in the Mosaic Law, symbolizing atonement and devotion to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_awareness_of_our_worship_practices.htm">God's Awareness of Our Worship Practices</a></b><br>God acknowledges the sacrifices and offerings of His people, indicating His awareness of their religious activities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_heart_behind_the_sacrifice.htm">The Heart Behind the Sacrifice</a></b><br>While God does not rebuke the act of sacrifice itself, He is concerned with the heart and intention behind it. True worship is not just about external rituals but about a sincere relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience_and_righteousness.htm">The Importance of Obedience and Righteousness</a></b><br>Sacrifices are not a substitute for obedience and righteous living. God desires a life that reflects His character and commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reflecting_on_our_worship_today.htm">Reflecting on Our Worship Today</a></b><br>In our modern context, we must evaluate whether our worship practices are genuine expressions of faith or mere rituals. God seeks worship that is spirit-filled and truth-centered.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/b/balancing_ritual_and_relationship.htm">Balancing Ritual and Relationship</a></b><br>While rituals can be meaningful, they should not overshadow the personal relationship with God. Our faith should be lived out in daily obedience and love for others.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_50.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 50</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_manage_abuse_from_adult_kids.htm">What is the Sacrifice of Thanksgiving?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_polygamy.htm">What are the Courts of Heaven?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_god_value_human_righteousness.htm">In Job 22:2-3, if God gains nothing from human righteousness, how do we reconcile this with other passages emphasizing God's delight in obedience?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_temple_worship_essential_in_psalm_100_4.htm">Why does the psalm present worship at the temple ('enter his gates,' Psalm 100:4) as essential, when other parts of the Bible emphasize worship outside Jerusalem's temple?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/50.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">I will not . . .</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">Not on account of thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, nor thy burnt offerings, which are always before me. </span>This part of the nation is judged not for neglect of ritual, but for mistaken regard for it. (See <span class= "ital">Introduction </span>to this psalm.)<p>As usual in such visions of judgment (comp. <a href="/matthew/25-32.htm" title="And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats:">Matthew 25:32</a>) the arraigned nation is separated into two classes when brought before the bar of the judge, and the better part is first reproved.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/50.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings</span>. It is for no neglect of the outward ritual of religion - of sacrifice and offering - that I have to reprove thee. To have been <span class="cmt_word">continually before me</span>; rather, <span class="accented">they have been continually before</span> me. I have had enough of them, and to spare. Not only have the daily morning and evening sacrifices been regularly offered, and the national worship thus kept up without a break; but the private offerings of individuals (see vers. 9, 13) have been continuous and ample in number. But they have not been acceptable. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/50-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I do not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">rebuke</span><br /><span class="heb">אוֹכִיחֶ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·w·ḵî·ḥe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3198.htm">Strong's 3198: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be right, reciprocal, to argue, to decide, justify, convict</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you for</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your sacrifices,</span><br /><span class="heb">זְ֭בָחֶיךָ</span> <span class="translit">(zə·ḇā·ḥe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2077.htm">Strong's 2077: </a> </span><span class="str2">A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your burnt offerings</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעוֹלֹתֶ֖יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ō·w·lō·ṯe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> </span><span class="str2">Whole burnt offering</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are ever</span><br /><span class="heb">תָמִֽיד׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṯā·mîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8548.htm">Strong's 8548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Continuance, constant, ellipt, the regular, sacrifice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before Me.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְנֶגְדִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·neḡ·dî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5048.htm">Strong's 5048: </a> </span><span class="str2">A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/50-8.htm">Psalm 50:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/50-8.htm">Psalm 50:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/50-8.htm">Psalm 50:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/50-8.htm">Psalm 50:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/50-8.htm">Psalm 50:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/50-8.htm">Psalm 50:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/50-8.htm">Psalm 50:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/50-8.htm">Psalm 50:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/50-8.htm">Psalm 50:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/50-8.htm">Psalm 50:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/50-8.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 50:8 I don't rebuke you for your sacrifices (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/50-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 50:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 50:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/50-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 50:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 50:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>