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Psalms 51:17

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

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  1. Psalms 51:15

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

  2. Psalms 51:16

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

  3. Psalms 51:18

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

  4. Psalms 51:19

    Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

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