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Then bulls will again be sacrificed on your altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/51.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />then will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/51.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/51.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/51.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then You shall be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, With burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then they shall offer bulls on Your altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/51.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, In burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then bulls will be offered on Your altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/51.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, In burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/51.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then Thou wilt delight in righteous sacrifices, In burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then young bulls will be offered on Thine altar. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/51.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, In burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/51.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then will You delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/51.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then you will delight in righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/51.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/51.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Then wilt thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt-offering and whole burnt-offering: Then will they offer bullocks upon thine altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/51.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then you will be pleased with the proper sacrifices, and we will offer bulls on your altar once again. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/51.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Then shalt thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/51.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then you will be pleased with sacrifices offered in the right spirit- with burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings. Young bulls will be offered on your altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/51.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then you will be pleased with proper sacrifices and with our burnt offerings; and bulls will be sacrificed on your altar. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/51.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then you will be pleased with right sacrifices, with burnt offerings, and with whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/51.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/51.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then you will accept the proper sacrifices, burnt sacrifices and whole offerings; then bulls will be sacrificed on your altar. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/51.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/51.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt-offering and whole burnt-offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thy altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/51.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/51.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Then You desire sacrifices of righteousness, "" Burnt-offering, and whole burnt-offering, "" Then they offer bullocks on your altar!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/51.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Then Thou desirest sacrifices of righteousness, Burnt-offering, and whole burnt-offering, Then they offer bullocks on thine altar!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/51.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Then wilt thou delight in sacrifices of justice, in burnt-offering and whole burnt-offering: then they will bring up bullocks upon thine altar.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/51.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations and whole burnt offerings: then shall they lay calves upon thy altar. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/51.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 50:21>Then you will accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations, and holocausts. Then they will lay calves upon your altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/51.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then you will desire the sacrifices of the just, burnt offering and whole offerings; then they will offer up young bulls on your altar. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/51.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />then you will delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/51.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then shall they offer gifts upon thine altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/51.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Then you will be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness and with burnt offerings; then they will offer bulls upon your altar. <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/51.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Then wilt Thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt-offering and whole offering; Then will they offer bullocks upon Thine altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/51.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Then shalt thou be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, offering, and whole-burnt-sacrifices: then shall they offer calves upon thine altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/51-19.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=6173" 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/51.htm">Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem. <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/227.htm" title="227: ’āz (Adv) -- At that time. A demonstrative adverb; at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore.">Then</a> <a href="/hebrew/2654.htm" title="2654: taḥ·pōṣ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to incline to; by implication to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire.">You will delight</a> <a href="/hebrew/6664.htm" title="6664: ṣe·ḏeq (N-ms) -- Rightness, righteousness. From tsadaq; the right; also equity or prosperity.">in righteous</a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077: ziḇ·ḥê- (N-mpc) -- A sacrifice. From zabach; properly, a slaughter, i.e. The flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice.">sacrifices,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3632.htm" title="3632: wə·ḵā·lîl (Conj-w:: Adj-ms) -- Entire, whole, a holocaust. From kalal; complete; as noun, the whole; as adverb, fully.">in whole</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: ‘ō·w·lāh (N-fs) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">burnt offerings;</a> <a href="/hebrew/227.htm" title="227: ’āz (Adv) -- At that time. A demonstrative adverb; at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore.">then</a> <a href="/hebrew/6499.htm" title="6499: p̄ā·rîm (N-mp) -- Young bull, steer. Or par; from parar; a bullock.">bulls</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ya·‘ă·lū (V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">will be offered</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.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: miz·ba·ḥă·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">Your altar.</a> </span><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 1:11-17</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="/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="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-24</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. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. ...<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="/hebrews/10-5.htm">Hebrews 10:5-10</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="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a></span><br />Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.<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="/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="/jeremiah/7-22.htm">Jeremiah 7:22-23</a></span><br />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="/1_peter/2-5.htm">1 Peter 2:5</a></span><br />you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/4-18.htm">Philippians 4:18</a></span><br />I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-10.htm">Malachi 1:10-11</a></span><br />“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands. / For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then shall you be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks on your altar.</p><p class="hdg">pleased</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/66-13.htm">Psalm 66:13-15</a></b></br> I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/118-27.htm">Psalm 118:27</a></b></br> God <i>is</i> the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, <i>even</i> unto the horns of the altar.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ephesians/5-2.htm">Ephesians 5:2</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">sacrifices</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/4-5.htm">Psalm 4:5</a></b></br> Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/malachi/3-3.htm">Malachi 3:3</a></b></br> And he shall sit <i>as</i> a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a></b></br> I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, <i>which is</i> your reasonable service.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/34-1.htm">Abimelech</a> <a href="/psalms/43-4.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/psalms/50-11.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/job/42-8.htm">Bullocks</a> <a href="/psalms/50-13.htm">Bulls</a> <a 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href="/psalms/69-13.htm">Pleased</a> <a href="/psalms/52-9.htm">Psalm</a> <a href="/psalms/52-3.htm">Right</a> <a href="/psalms/52-6.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/psalms/52-3.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/psalms/66-15.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/psalms/52-1.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/psalms/72-19.htm">Whole</a> <a href="/psalms/55-23.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/psalms/58-6.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 51</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/51-1.htm">David prays for remission of sins, whereof he makes a deep confession</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/51-6.htm">He prays for sanctification</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/51-16.htm">God delights not in sacrifice, but in sincerity</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/51-18.htm">He prays for the church</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/51.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/51.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the importance of sincerity and righteousness in worship. In the Old Testament, sacrifices were a central part of religious life, symbolizing atonement and devotion to God. However, God desires not just the ritual but the heart behind it. This aligns with passages like <a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a>, where obedience is valued over sacrifice. The delight in "righteous sacrifices" suggests that God values offerings made with a pure heart and genuine repentance, as seen in the broader context of <a href="/psalms/51.htm">Psalm 51</a>, which is a psalm of repentance by David after his sin with Bathsheba.<p><b>in whole burnt offerings;</b><br>Whole burnt offerings were a type of sacrifice where the entire animal was consumed by fire on the altar, symbolizing complete dedication to God. This practice is detailed in <a href="/leviticus/1.htm">Leviticus 1</a> and was a common form of worship in ancient Israel. The complete consumption of the offering signifies total surrender and devotion to God. This concept is echoed in <a href="/romans/12.htm">Romans 12:1</a>, where believers are urged to present their bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God. The burnt offering foreshadows the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who offered Himself wholly for the sins of humanity.<p><b>then bulls will be offered on Your altar.</b><br>Bulls were considered valuable and significant offerings, often used in important sacrifices (<a href="/exodus/29-10.htm">Exodus 29:10-14</a>). Offering bulls on the altar signifies a return to proper worship and the restoration of the relationship between God and His people. The altar, central to Israelite worship, represents a place of meeting with God, atonement, and covenant renewal. This phrase anticipates a time when true worship will be restored, pointing forward to the New Covenant established through Christ, where believers offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus (<a href="/1_peter/2-5.htm">1 Peter 2:5</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/51.htm">Psalm 51</a>, King David wrote this psalm as a prayer of repentance after his sin with Bathsheba. It reflects his deep desire for forgiveness and restoration with God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where the temple was located, and where sacrifices were offered to God. It represents the center of worship for the Israelites.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/sacrifices_and_offerings.htm">Sacrifices and Offerings</a></b><br>These were central to the worship practices in ancient Israel, symbolizing atonement and dedication to God. The "whole burnt offerings" and "bulls" mentioned are part of the sacrificial system outlined in the Mosaic Law.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/true_repentance_leads_to_acceptable_worship.htm">True Repentance Leads to Acceptable Worship</a></b><br>Genuine repentance, as demonstrated by David, prepares the heart for worship that pleases God. Our sacrifices, whether they be time, resources, or praise, are acceptable when they stem from a contrite heart.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_sacrifices_in_worship.htm">The Role of Sacrifices in Worship</a></b><br>While the sacrificial system is no longer practiced, the principle of offering our best to God remains. Our "sacrifices" today can be acts of service, worship, and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_delight_in_righteousness.htm">God's Delight in Righteousness</a></b><br>God delights in righteousness, which is reflected in our actions and attitudes. Our lives should be a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, as an act of spiritual worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_fulfillment_of_sacrifices_in_christ.htm">The Fulfillment of Sacrifices in Christ</a></b><br>Jesus Christ is the ultimate fulfillment of the sacrificial system. Understanding this helps us appreciate the depth of God's grace and the completeness of Christ's atonement for our sins.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/51.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 19.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Then shalt thou be pleased</span> with <span class="cmt_word">the sacrifices of righteousness.</span> "Then" - when the walls are completed - thou shalt receive the public sacrifices which will naturally be offered on the accomplishment of such a work (<a href="/nehemiah/12-43.htm">Nehemiah 12:43</a>). And these sacrifices, offered willingly by grateful hearts, will be pleasing and acceptable unto thee. <span class="cmt_word">With burnt offering, and whole burnt</span> <span class="cmt_word">offering<span class="accented">.</span> </span>Only the head, the fat, and certain portions of the interior were ordinarily burnt when a victim was offered (<a href="/leviticus/1-8.htm">Leviticus 1:8, 12</a>; <a href="/leviticus/3-3.htm">Leviticus 3:3, 4</a>, etc.); but sometimes, when the offerer's heart was full, and he desired to indicate its complete and undivided surrender to God, the entire victim was consumed (see Hengstenberg, <span class="accented">ad loc.</span>)<span class="accented">. <span class="cmt_word"></span>Then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar</span>. Bullocks, or oxen, were offered on all great occasions (see <a href="/2_samuel/24-22.htm">2 Samuel 24:22-25</a>; <a href="/1_kings/8-63.htm">1 Kings 8:63</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/29-21.htm">1 Chronicles 29:21</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/7-5.htm">2 Chronicles 7:5</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/29-32.htm">2 Chronicles 29:32, 33</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/35-7.htm">2 Chronicles 35:7, 9</a>; <a href="/ezra/6-17.htm">Ezra 6:17</a>, etc.). <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/51-19.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">Then</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֤ז</span> <span class="translit">(’āz)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_227.htm">Strong's 227: </a> </span><span class="str2">At that time, place, therefore</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You will delight</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּחְפֹּ֣ץ</span> <span class="translit">(taḥ·pōṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2654.htm">Strong's 2654: </a> </span><span class="str2">To incline to, to bend, to be pleased with, desire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in righteous</span><br /><span class="heb">צֶ֭דֶק</span> <span class="translit">(ṣe·ḏeq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6664.htm">Strong's 6664: </a> </span><span class="str2">The right, equity, prosperity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sacrifices,</span><br /><span class="heb">זִבְחֵי־</span> <span class="translit">(ziḇ·ḥê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<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">in whole</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכָלִ֑יל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵā·lîl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3632.htm">Strong's 3632: </a> </span><span class="str2">Complete, the whole, as, fully</span><br /><br /><span class="word">burnt offerings;</span><br /><span class="heb">עוֹלָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·w·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine 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">then</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֤ז</span> <span class="translit">(’āz)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_227.htm">Strong's 227: </a> </span><span class="str2">At that time, place, therefore</span><br /><br /><span class="word">bulls</span><br /><span class="heb">פָרִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(p̄ā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6499.htm">Strong's 6499: </a> </span><span class="str2">Young bull, steer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be offered</span><br /><span class="heb">יַעֲל֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ya·‘ă·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</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 altar.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִזְבַּחֲךָ֣</span> <span class="translit">(miz·ba·ḥă·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> </span><span class="str2">An altar</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/51-19.htm">Psalm 51:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/51-19.htm">Psalm 51:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/51-19.htm">Psalm 51:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/51-19.htm">Psalm 51:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/51-19.htm">Psalm 51:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/51-19.htm">Psalm 51:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/51-19.htm">Psalm 51:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/51-19.htm">Psalm 51:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/51-19.htm">Psalm 51:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/51-19.htm">Psalm 51:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/51-19.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 51:19 Then you will delight in the sacrifices (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/51-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 51:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 51:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/52-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 52:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 52:1" /></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>