John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 51:16

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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For thou desirest not sacrifice, etc.] Legal sacrifice; for there was no sacrifice appointed under the law for murder and adultery; else would I give [it]; he would gladly have offered it up; thou delightest not in burnt offering; at least such kind of sacrifices, though they were of divine appointment, and at that time in full force and use; yet they were not the only and principal sacrifices God desired and delighted in; nor were they at all acceptable to him without faith in Christ, and an humble sense of sin; and when offered in the best manner, yet spiritual obedience, acts of mercy, and sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving, were more pleasing to him, (<091515>1 Samuel 15:15,22 <280606>Hosea 6:6 <196930>Psalm 69:30,31); wherefore the psalmist proposed to offer praise in (<195115>Psalm 51:15), and adds what follows.

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