John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 51:17

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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 regard, and receive with pleasure; (see <19A217>Psalm 102:17); the Lord binds up and heals such broken hearts and spirits, (<19E703>Psalm 147:3 <236101>Isaiah 61:1); he is nigh to such persons, looks upon them, has respect unto them, and comes and dwells among them, (<193418>Psalm 34:18 <236601>Isaiah 66:1,2 57:15).

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