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Psalms 51:16

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For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

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  1. Psalms 51:14

    Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

  2. Psalms 51:15

    O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

  3. Psalms 51:17

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

  4. Psalms 51:18

    Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.