Psalms 50:8

8 I shall not reprove thee in thy sacrifices; and thy burnt sacrifices be ever[more] before me. (I shall not rebuke thee for thy sacrifices, and for thy burnt sacrifices, that be before me forevermore./Shall I not rebuke thee for thy sacrifices, and for thy burnt sacrifices, that be before me forevermore?)

Psalms 50:8 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 50:8

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices
For the neglect of them; this they were not chargeable with; and had they omitted them, a charge would not have been brought against them on that account, since these were not what God commanded when he brought them out of Egypt, ( Jeremiah 7:22 ) ; and were now abrogated; and when they were in force, acts of mercy, kindness, and beneficence, were preferred unto them, ( Hosea 6:6 ) ;

or thy burnt offerings, [to have been] continually before me;
or, "for thy burnt offerings [are] continually before me" ^F21; so far were they from being reprovable for not bringing their sacrifices, that they were continually offering up before the Lord even multitudes of them, though to no purpose, being offered up without faith, and in hypocrisy; and could not take away sin, and make atonement for it; and besides, ought now to have ceased to be offered, Christ the great sacrifice being now offered up, as he was in the times to which this psalm belongs; see ( Isaiah 1:14 ) ( Micah 6:6 Micah 6:7 ) ( Hebrews 10:3 Hebrews 10:4 Hebrews 10:14 ) ; wherefore it follows:

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 So Tigurine version, Vatablus, Piscator, Cocceius, and Ainsworth.

Psalms 50:8 In-Context

6 And heavens shall show his rightwiseness/And heavens shall tell his rightfulness; for God is the judge. (And the heavens shall tell out his righteousness; for God himself is the judge.)

7 My people, hear thou, and I shall speak to Israel; and I shall witness to thee, I am God, thy God. (My people, hear thou, and I shall speak; Israel, I shall testify against thee; I am God, thy God.)

8 I shall not reprove thee in thy sacrifices; and thy burnt sacrifices be ever[more] before me. (I shall not rebuke thee for thy sacrifices, and for thy burnt sacrifices, that be before me forevermore./Shall I not rebuke thee for thy sacrifices, and for thy burnt sacrifices, that be before me forevermore?)

9 I shall not take calves of thine house; neither goat bucks of thy flocks. (But I do not need calves from thy house, or thy farm; or goat bucks from thy flocks.)

10 For all the wild beasts of (the) woods be mine; work beasts, and oxes in hills (and the work beasts as well, and the oxen on the hills).