...understood it.) "Thou hast no pleasure in burnt offerings." 17. "The sacrifices of God are a broken Spirit, A broken and a contrite heart, 0 God, Thou wilt not despise." In Hosea vi: "For I desire goodness and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God is more than burnt...

...had special meaning to him as a commentary on his very activity as architect, since David says in it, "Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion; build thou the walls of Jerusalem." As Pietro Aretino observed in his commentary on Psalms of 1536 — in accord with the conventions of...

...not away from Thy presence : and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : a broken and a contrite heart, 0 God, Thou wilt not despise." That, my brethren, is true returning to God. And God meets all such returnings, and says, " Come now...

...sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt...

...sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt...

...to the Lord, Tor he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.' 2 Chronicles 5:13 NRSV 105.3 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Psalm 51:18 KJV 105.4 'Why do you call me good?' Jesus asked him. 'No one is good except God alone.'...

...answer. For Thou dost not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; Thou art not pleased with burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are a broken...and a contrite heart, 0 God, Thou wilt not despise. The need is brokenness. Brokenness occurs when we come to the end of ourselves so that we experience,...

...at Israel's case and from his day to a coming day. He looked forward to a restored millennial city: "Do good in Thy good pleasure unto Zion: build Thou the walls of Jerusalem." The critics, with a total lack of spiritual perception, have assumed that these last two verses do...

...David's death, priests took hold of this psalm and added the following verses, favorable to their views: Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion, build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Then wilt thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt-offering and whole burnt-offerings,-...

...sacrifices if You wanted them, Lord. But that isn't what You want. "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, 0 God, thou wilt not despise" (Psa. 51:17). That's what I'm offering.' Oh praise God for the tears of David! We need to learn to...