Psalm 51:16-17
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
16 For you have no delight in sacrifice;
if I were to give a burnt offering, you would not be pleased.(A)
17 The sacrifice acceptable to God[a] is a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.(B)
Footnotes
- 51.17 Or My sacrifice, O God,
Psalm 51:16-17
New International Version
Psalm 51:16-17
King James Version
16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
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