Psalms 51 · Verse 19

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.
Psalms 51:19, King James Version

Psalms 51:19 in other translations

BSBThen You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.
WEBThen you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.
ASVThen wilt thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt-offering and whole burnt-offering: Then will they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
YLTThen Thou desirest sacrifices of righteousness, Burnt-offering, and whole burnt-offering, Then they offer bullocks on thine altar!
DARBYThen shalt thou have sacrifices of righteousness, burnt-offering, and whole burnt-offering; then shall they offer up bullocks upon thine altar.
BBEThen you will have delight in the offerings of righteousness, in burned offerings and offerings of beasts; then they will make offerings of oxen on your altar.
WebsterThen shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt-offering and whole burnt-offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thy altar.

What does Psalms 51:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. God reconciled, material sacrifices will be acceptable (Psa 4:5; compare Is 1:11-17).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 51:16-19

Those who are thoroughly convinced of their misery and danger by sin, would spare no cost to obtain the remission of it. But as they cannot make satisfaction for sin, so God cannot take any satisfaction in them, otherwise than as expressing love and duty to him. The good work wrought in every true penitent, is a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart, and sorrow for sin. It is a heart that is tender, and…

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Psalms 51:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אָ֤ז'azthenH227
תַּחְפֹּ֣ץtach.Potzyou will delight inH2654
זִבְחֵי\־ziv.chei-sacrifices ofH2077
צֶ֭דֶקTze.dekrighteousnessH6664
עוֹלָ֣הo.Lahburnt offeringH5930
וְכָלִ֑ילve.kha.Liland whole offeringH3632
אָ֤ז'azthenH227
יַעֲל֖וּya.'a.Lupeople will offer upH5927
עַל\־'al-onH5921
מִזְבַּחֲךָ֣miz.ba.cha.Khaaltar yourH4196
פָרִֽים\׃fa.Rimyoung bullsH6499

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 51:19

  • Psalms 4:5

    Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord.

  • Ephesians 5:2

    And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.

  • Malachi 3:3

    And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.

  • Romans 12:1

    I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

  • Psalms 66:13-15

    I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

  • Psalms 118:27

    God is the Lord, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
pleased.
66:13-15; 118:27; Eph 5:2
sacrifices.
4:5; Mal 3:3; Ro 12:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 51:18

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

  • 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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Psalms 51:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces te agradarán los sacrificios de justicia, el holocausto ú ofrenda del todo quemada: entonces ofrecerán sobre tu altar becerros.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Les sacrifices de Dieu sont un esprit brisé. Ô Dieu! tu ne mépriseras pas un cœur brisé et humilié.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Dann wirst du Lust haben an Opfern der Gerechtigkeit, an Brandopfern und Ganzopfern; dann wird man Farren opfern auf deinem Altar.