17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.


In Context

14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

15 Lord, open my lips. My mouth shall declare your praise.

16 For you don't delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering.

17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

18 Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem.

19 Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar. For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, |David has come to Abimelech's house.|

Psalm 51:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

51:17The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

51:17A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A heart broken and bruised, O God, Thou dost not despise.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.