Tehillim 51:16-18

Orthodox Jewish Bible

¹⁶⁽¹⁸⁾For Thou desirest not zevach (sacrifice); else would I give it; Thou delightest not in olah (burnt offering).

¹⁷⁽¹⁹⁾The zivkhei Elohim are a ruach nishbarah (broken spirit); a broken and contrite lev, O Elohim, Thou wilt not despise.

¹⁸⁽²⁰⁾Do good in Thy good pleasure unto Tziyon; build Thou the chomot Yerushalayim.

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Psalm 51:16-18

New International Version

¹⁶You do not delight in sacrifice,^(A) or I would bring it;
    you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
¹⁷My sacrifice,^(B) O God, is^[a] a broken spirit;
    a broken and contrite heart^(C)
    you, God, will not despise.

¹⁸May it please you to prosper Zion,^(D)
to build up the walls of Jerusalem.^(E)

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