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Text -- Psalms 51:16 (NET)

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51:16 Certainly you do not want a sacrifice, or else I would offer it; you do not desire a burnt sacrifice.
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Wesley: Psa 51:16 - -- This is not to be understood absolutely, with respect to David's crimes, which were not to be expiated by any sacrifice.

This is not to be understood absolutely, with respect to David's crimes, which were not to be expiated by any sacrifice.

JFB: Psa 51:16 - -- Praise is better than sacrifice (Psa 50:14), and implying faith, penitence, and love, glorifies God. In true penitents the joys of pardon mingle with ...

Praise is better than sacrifice (Psa 50:14), and implying faith, penitence, and love, glorifies God. In true penitents the joys of pardon mingle with sorrow for sin.

Clarke: Psa 51:16 - -- For thou desirest not sacrifice - This is the same sentiment which he delivers in Psa 40:6 (note), etc., where see the notes. There may be here, how...

For thou desirest not sacrifice - This is the same sentiment which he delivers in Psa 40:6 (note), etc., where see the notes. There may be here, however, a farther meaning: Crimes, like mine, are not to be expiated by any sacrifices that the law requires; nor hast thou appointed in the law any sacrifices to atone for deliberate murder and adultery: if thou hadst, I would cheerfully have given them to thee. The matter is before thee as Judge.

Calvin: Psa 51:16 - -- 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 s...

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 that he comes to God both poor and needy; but is persuaded that this will not prevent the success of his suit, because God attaches no importance to sacrifices. In this he indirectly reproves the Jews for an error which prevailed amongst them in all ages. In proclaiming that the sacrifices made expiation for sin, the Law had designed to withdraw them from all trust in their own works to the one satisfaction of Christ; but they presumed to bring their sacrifices to the altar as a price by which they hoped to procure their own redemption. In opposition to this proud and preposterous notion, David declares that God had no delight in sacrifices, 272 and that he had nothing to present which could purchase his favor. God had enjoined the observance of sacrifice, and David was far from neglecting it. He is not to be understood as asserting that the rite might warrantably be omitted, or that God would absolutely reject the sacrifices of his own institution, which, along with the other ceremonies of the Law, proved important helps, as we have already observed, both to David and the whole Church of God. He speaks of them as observed by the proud and the ignorant, under an impression of meriting the divine favor. Diligent as he was, therefore, in the practice of sacrifice, resting his whole dependence upon the satisfaction of Christ, who atoned for the sins of the world, he could yet honestly declare that he brought nothing to God in the shape of compensation, and that he trusted entirely to a gratuitous reconciliation. The Jews, when they presented their sacrifices, could not be said to bring anything of their own to the Lord, but must rather be viewed as borrowing from Christ the necessary purchase-money of redemption. They were passive, not active, in this divine service.

TSK: Psa 51:16 - -- desirest : Psa 51:6; Exo 21:14; Num 15:27, Num 15:30, Num 15:31, Num 35:31; Deu 22:22; Hos 6:6 else would I : or, that I should delightest : Psa 40:6,...

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Barnes: Psa 51:16 - -- For thou desirest not sacrifice ... - On the words rendered in this verse "sacrifice"and "burnt-offering,"see the notes at Isa 1:11. On the mai...

For thou desirest not sacrifice ... - On the words rendered in this verse "sacrifice"and "burnt-offering,"see the notes at Isa 1:11. On the main sentiment here expressed - that God did not "desire"such sacrifices - see the notes at Psa 40:6-8. The idea here is, that any mere external offering, however precious or costly it might be, was not what God required in such cases. He demanded the expression of deep and sincere repentance; the sacrifices of a contrite heart and of a broken spirit: Psa 51:17. No offering without this could be acceptable; nothing without this could secure pardon. In mere outward sacrifices - in bloody offerings themselves, unaccompanied with the expression of genuine penitence, God could have no pleasure. This is one of the numerous passages in the Old Testament which show that the external offerings of the law were valueless unless accompanied by the religion of the heart; or that the Jewish religion, much as it abounded in forms, yet required the offerings of pure hearts in order that man might be acceptable to God. Under all dispensations the real nature of religion is the same. Compare the notes at Heb 9:9-10. The phrase "else would I give it,"in the margin, "that I should give it,"expresses a willingness to make such an offering, if it was required, while, at the same time, there is the implied statement that it would be valueless without the heart.

Poole: Psa 51:16 - -- Thou desirest not sacrifice which is not to be understood absolutely, and universally, as appears from Psa 51:19 , but comparatively, of which See P...

Thou desirest not sacrifice which is not to be understood absolutely, and universally, as appears from Psa 51:19 , but comparatively, of which See Poole "Psa 40:6" , and with particular respect to David’ s crimes of murder and adultery, which were not to be expiated by any sacrifice, but by the law of God were to be punished with death. Thou requirest more and better sacrifices, which here follow.

Else would I give it else I should have spared no cost in that kind.

Gill: Psa 51:16 - -- For thou desirest not sacrifice,.... Legal sacrifice; for there was no sacrifice appointed under the law for murder and adultery; else would I give...

For thou desirest not sacrifice,.... Legal sacrifice; for there was no sacrifice appointed under the law for murder and adultery;

else would I give it; he would gladly have offered it up;

thou delightest not in burnt offering; at least such kind of sacrifices, though they were of divine appointment, and at that time in full force and use; yet they were not the only and principal sacrifices God desired and delighted in; nor were they at all acceptable to him without faith in Christ, and an humble sense of sin; and when offered in the best manner, yet spiritual obedience, acts of mercy, and sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving, were more pleasing to him, 1Sa 15:15; wherefore the psalmist proposed to offer praise in Psa 51:15, and adds what follows.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 51:16 You do not desire a burnt sacrifice. The terminology used in v. 16 does not refer to expiatory sacrifices, but to dedication and communion offerings. ...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Psa 51:1-19 - --1 David prays for remission of sins, whereof he makes a deep confession.6 He prays for sanctification.16 God delights not in sacrifice, but in sinceri...

MHCC: Psa 51:16-19 - --Those who are thoroughly convinced of their misery and danger by sin, would spare no cost to obtain the remission of it. But as they cannot make satis...

Matthew Henry: Psa 51:14-19 - -- 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 ...

Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 51:14-17 - -- The third part now begins with a doubly urgent prayer. The invocation of God by the name Elohim is here made more urgent by the addition of אל...

Constable: Psa 42:1--72:20 - --II. Book 2: chs. 42--72 In Book 1 we saw that all the psalms except 1, 2, 10, and 33 claimed David as their writ...

Constable: Psa 51:1-19 - --Psalm 51 In this psalm David confessed the sins he committed against Bathsheba and Uriah. It is a model ...

Constable: Psa 51:16-17 - --5. Request for Israel's prosperity 51:18-19 51:18 David extended his request for personal blessing to the nation under his authority. God had promised...

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Commentary -- Other

Critics Ask: Psa 51:16 PSALM 51:16 —Did David disavow the sacrificial system of Moses? (See comments on Hosea 6:6 .)   

Evidence: Psa 51:13-17 " Transgressors" are those who have transgressed the Moral Law. It is the " schoolmaster" ( Gal 3:24 ) that teaches them that they are sinners in th...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Hebrew title of this book is Tehilim ("praises" or "hymns"), for a leading feature in its contents is praise, though the word occurs in the title ...

JFB: Psalms (Outline) ALEPH. (Psa 119:1-8). This celebrated Psalm has several peculiarities. It is divided into twenty-two parts or stanzas, denoted by the twenty-two let...

TSK: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Psalms have been the general song of the universal Church; and in their praise, all the Fathers have been unanimously eloquent. Men of all nation...

TSK: Psalms 51 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Psa 51:1, David prays for remission of sins, whereof he makes a deep confession; Psa 51:6, He prays for sanctification; Psa 51:16, God de...

Poole: Psalms (Book Introduction) OF PSALMS THE ARGUMENT The divine authority of this Book of PSALMS is so certain and evident, that it was never questioned in the church; which b...

MHCC: Psalms (Book Introduction) David was the penman of most of the psalms, but some evidently were composed by other writers, and the writers of some are doubtful. But all were writ...

MHCC: Psalms 51 (Chapter Introduction) (Psa 51:1-6) The psalmist prays for mercy, humbly confessing and lamenting his sins. (Psa 51:7-15) He pleads for pardon, that he may promote the glor...

Matthew Henry: Psalms (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of Psalms We have now before us one of the choicest and most excellent parts of all the Old Te...

Matthew Henry: Psalms 51 (Chapter Introduction) Though David penned this psalm upon a very particular occasion, yet, it is of as general use as any of David's psalms; it is the most eminent of th...

Constable: Psalms (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book in the Hebrew Bible is Tehillim, which means...

Constable: Psalms (Outline) Outline I. Book 1: chs. 1-41 II. Book 2: chs. 42-72 III. Book 3: chs. 73...

Constable: Psalms Psalms Bibliography Allen, Ronald B. "Evidence from Psalm 89." In A Case for Premillennialism: A New Consensus,...

Haydock: Psalms (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF PSALMS. INTRODUCTION. The Psalms are called by the Hebrew, Tehillim; that is, hymns of praise. The author, of a great part of ...

Gill: Psalms (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALMS The title of this book may be rendered "the Book of Praises", or "Hymns"; the psalm which our Lord sung at the passover is c...

Gill: Psalms 51 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 51 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. The occ...

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