Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. New Living Translation The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God. English Standard Version The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. Berean Standard Bible The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. King James Bible The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. New King James Version The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart— These, O God, You will not despise. New American Standard Bible The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, God, You will not despise. NASB 1995 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. NASB 1977 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise. Legacy Standard Bible The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. Amplified Bible My [only] sacrifice [acceptable] to God is a broken spirit; A broken and contrite heart [broken with sorrow for sin, thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise. Christian Standard Bible The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. You will not despise a broken and humbled heart, God. Holman Christian Standard Bible The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. God, You will not despise a broken and humbled heart. American Standard Version The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Contemporary English Version The way to please you is to be truly sorry deep in our hearts. This is the kind of sacrifice you won't refuse. English Revised Version The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. GOD'S WORD® Translation The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. O God, you do not despise a broken and sorrowful heart. Good News Translation My sacrifice is a humble spirit, O God; you will not reject a humble and repentant heart. International Standard Version True sacrifice to God is a broken spirit. A broken and chastened heart, God, you will not despise. Majority Standard Bible The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. NET Bible The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit--O God, a humble and repentant heart you will not reject. New Heart English Bible The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. Webster's Bible Translation The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. World English Bible The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionThe sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit, "" A heart broken and bruised, O God, "" You do not despise. Young's Literal Translation The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A heart broken and bruised, O God, Thou dost not despise. Smith's Literal Translation The sacrifices of God a spirit being broken: a heart being broken and crushed, O God, thou wilt not despise. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleA sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit; a contrite, humbled heart, O God, you will not scorn. New Revised Standard Version The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThe sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated The sacrifices of God are a humble spirit; God does not reject a broken heart. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise. Brenton Septuagint Translation Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit: a broken and humbled heart God will not despise. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God…16For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. 17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. 18In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.… Cross References Isaiah 57:15 For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite. Isaiah 66:2 Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word. Matthew 5:3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. James 4:6 But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” 1 Peter 5:5 Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, Luke 18:13-14 But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’ / I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” 2 Corinthians 7:10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. Joel 2:13 So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster. Micah 6:6-8 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? Hosea 6:6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. Matthew 9:13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Luke 15:21 The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ Romans 12:1 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. Hebrews 10:22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Treasury of Scripture The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. sacrifices Psalm 107:22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing. Mark 12:33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. a broken spirit Psalm 34:18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Psalm 147:3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. 2 Kings 22:19 Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD. thou Psalm 22:24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. Psalm 102:17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. 2 Chronicles 33:12,13 And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, … Jump to Previous Acceptable Broken Bruised Contrite Despise Heart Offerings Sacrifice Sacrifices Sorrowing Spirit WiltJump to Next Acceptable Broken Bruised Contrite Despise Heart Offerings Sacrifice Sacrifices Sorrowing Spirit WiltPsalm 51 1. David prays for remission of sins, whereof he makes a deep confession6. He prays for sanctification 16. God delights not in sacrifice, but in sincerity 18. He prays for the church The sacrifices of God In the Hebrew context, the word for "sacrifices" (זְבָחִים, zevachim) traditionally refers to offerings made to God, often involving the shedding of blood as a means of atonement. However, this phrase shifts the focus from external rituals to internal transformation. The true "sacrifices" that God desires are not merely ritualistic but are deeply spiritual and personal. This reflects a profound understanding that God values the heart's condition over ceremonial compliance, aligning with the prophetic calls for justice and mercy over mere ritual (Micah 6:6-8). are a broken spirit a broken and contrite heart O God, You will not despise Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The sacrificesזִֽבְחֵ֣י (ziḇ·ḥê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 2077: A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice of God אֱלֹהִים֮ (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative [are] a broken נִשְׁבָּ֫רָ֥ה (niš·bā·rāh) Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces spirit; ר֪וּחַ (rū·aḥ) Noun - common singular construct Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit a broken נִשְׁבָּ֥ר (niš·bār) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces and a contrite וְנִדְכֶּ֑ה (wə·niḏ·keh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 1794: To collapse heart, לֵב־ (lêḇ-) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre O God, אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative You will not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no despise. תִבְזֶֽה׃ (ṯiḇ·zeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 959: To disesteem Links Psalm 51:17 NIVPsalm 51:17 NLT Psalm 51:17 ESV Psalm 51:17 NASB Psalm 51:17 KJV Psalm 51:17 BibleApps.com Psalm 51:17 Biblia Paralela Psalm 51:17 Chinese Bible Psalm 51:17 French Bible Psalm 51:17 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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