Psalms 50:9 Cross References

Psalms 50:9

9: But I want no more bulls from your barns; I want no more goats from your pens.

What can we bring to the LORD to make up for what we've done? Should we bow before God with offerings of yearling calves?
Should we offer him thousands of rams and tens of thousands of rivers of olive oil? Would that please the LORD? Should we sacrifice our firstborn children to pay for the sins of our souls? Would that make him glad?
No, O people, the LORD has already told you what is good, and this is what he requires: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.

You have not brought me lambs for burnt offerings. You have not honored me with sacrifices, though I have not burdened and wearied you with my requests for grain offerings and incense.
You have not brought me fragrant incense or pleased me with the fat from sacrifices. Instead, you have burdened me with your sins and wearied me with your faults.

and human hands can't serve his needs--for he has no needs. He himself gives life and breath to everything, and he satisfies every need there is.

For it is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
That is why Christ, when he came into the world, said, "You did not want animal sacrifices and grain offerings. But you have given me a body so that I may obey you.
No, you were not pleased with animals burned on the altar or with other offerings for sin.

For this will please the LORD more than sacrificing an ox or presenting a bull with its horns and hooves.

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