...High : and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shall glorify me. — Thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it...burntoffering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit ; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. — To what purpose it the multitude...

...how came he not to express them 1 But the fact Ms, that, when he had said in the 16th verse, " For thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it : thou delightest not in burnt-offering," he proceeds in the 17th, " The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit . a broken and a contrite heart,...

...indulgence while we examine the interesting topics contained in these last four verses. Verse 16. Far thou desirest not sacrifice ; else would I give it.: thou delightest not in burnt offering. No sacrifices were appointed under the law of Moses for the heinous sins of adultery...

...David in Psal- ol. would have given them for this purpose, but found they would not do. v. 16. 'Forthou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it. Thou delightest not in burnt offering.' It was in consideration of this, that Christ said to the subjects of the former dispensation:...

...sacrifice, ana to hearken than the fat of rams. (1 Sam. xv. 22.) Thour desirest not sacrifice, says David, else would I give it : Thou delightest not in burnt-offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : A broken and contrite neart,O God, thou wilt not despise. (Psal. li. 16, 17.) — To do justice...

...sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. (1 Sam. xv. 22.) Thou desirest not sacrifice, says David, else would I give it : Thou delightest not in burnt-offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : Л broken and contrite neart,O God, thou wilt not despise. (Psal. li. 16, 17.) — To do justice...

...those who were truly penitent, and was removed from them by God alone. Thus the Psalmist speaks : " Thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it : thou delightest not in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : a broken and a contrite heart, 0 God, thou...

...of thy righteousness. 15 O LORD, openthou ray lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. 16 For thou desirest not sacrifice else would I give it : thou delightest not in burnt offering. 17 The sacrifices of God ani broken spirit : a broken and a contrite heart, O God,...

...thyself can bestow it. No creature-power can procure it. No prayers nor penances can produce it. ' Thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it...burnt-offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit ; a broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.' Under thine own constrainings...

...to die without mercy ; as in the cases of murder and adultery, with respect whereunto David saith, ' Thou desirest not sacrifice, else would I give it; thou delightest not in burnt-offering;' Psal. li.16. namely, in such cases as his then was. But, 2. In case of apostacy from the one and the...