Psalm 50:8 KJV

Psalms · chapter 50 · verse 8

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.Psalm 50:8 · King James Version

Psalm 50:8 in context

6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

7Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.

8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

9I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.

10For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

God is here dealing with those that placed all their religion in the observances of the ceremonial law, and thought those sufficient. I.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-15