Psalms 51:17

“The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit, etc.] That is humbled under a sense of sin; has true repentance for it; is smitten, wounded, and broken with it, by the word of God in the hand of the Spirit, which is a hammer to break the rock in pieces; and that not merely in a legal, but in an evangelical way; grieving for sin as committed against a God of love; broken and melted down under a sense of it, in a view of pardoning grace; and mourning for it, while beholding a pierced and wounded Saviour: the sacrifices of such a broken heart and contrite spirit are the sacrifices God desires, approves, accepts of, and delights in; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise; but…”

“The sacrifices of God - The sacrifices which God desires and approves; the sacrifices without which no other offering would be acceptable. David felt that that which he here specified was what was demanded in his case. He had grievously sinned; and the blood of animals offered in sacrifice could not put away his sin, nor could anything remove it unless the heart were itself penitent and contrite. The same thing is true now. Though a most perfect sacrifice, every way acceptable to God, has been made for human guilt by the Redeemer, yet it is as true as it was under the old dispensation in regard to the sacrifices there required, that even that will not avail for us unless we are truly…”

“A broken spirit - This is of more value than many sacrifices. Psalms 51:18”

“sacrifices: Psa 107:22; Mar 12:33; Rom 12:1; Phi 4:18; Heb 13:16; Pe1 2:5 a broken spirit: Psa 34:18, Psa 147:3; Kg2 22:19; Isa 57:15, Isa 61:1-3, Isa 66:2; Eze 9:3, Eze 9:4, Eze 9:6; Mat 5:3; Luk 18:11-14 thou: Psa 22:24, Psa 102:17; Ch2 33:12, Ch2 33:13; Amo 5:21; Luk 7:39-50, Luk 15:2-7, Luk 15:10, Luk 15:21-32 Psalms 51:18”