Psalms 50:9

9 I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens,

Psalms 50:9 in Other Translations

9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.

9 I will not accept a bull from your house or goats from your folds.

9 But I do not need the bulls from your barns or the goats from your pens.

9 But why should I want your blue-ribbon bull, or more and more goats from your herds?

9 I will not accept a bull from your household or male goats from your pens,

Psalms 50:9 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 50:9

I will take no bullock out of thy house
That is, will accept of none; such sacrifices being no more agreeable to the will of God, ( Hebrews 10:5 Hebrews 10:6 Hebrews 10:8 ) ; the "bullock" is mentioned, that being a principal creature used in sacrifice; as also the following,

[nor] he goats out of thy folds;
the reasons follow.

Psalms 50:9 In-Context

7 “Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel: I am God, your God.

8 I bring no charges against you concerning your sacrifices or concerning your burnt offerings, which are ever before me.

9 I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens,

10 for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.

11 I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields are mine.

Cross References

• 1. S Leviticus 1:5; Psalms 69:31
• 2. S Leviticus 16:5
• 3. S Numbers 32:16