Psalm 51:19
New International Version
Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous, in burnt offerings offered whole; then bulls will be offered on your altar.

New Living Translation
Then you will be pleased with sacrifices offered in the right spirit— with burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings. Then bulls will again be sacrificed on your altar.

English Standard Version
then will you delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar.

Berean Standard Bible
Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
Then You shall be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, With burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then they shall offer bulls on Your altar.

New American Standard Bible
Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, In burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then bulls will be offered on Your altar.

NASB 1995
Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, In burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.

NASB 1977
Then Thou wilt delight in righteous sacrifices, In burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then young bulls will be offered on Thine altar.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, In burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.

Amplified Bible
Then will You delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar.

Christian Standard Bible
Then you will delight in righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.

American Standard Version
Then wilt thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt-offering and whole burnt-offering: Then will they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

Contemporary English Version
Then you will be pleased with the proper sacrifices, and we will offer bulls on your altar once again.

English Revised Version
Then shalt thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then you will be pleased with sacrifices offered in the right spirit- with burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings. Young bulls will be offered on your altar.

Good News Translation
Then you will be pleased with proper sacrifices and with our burnt offerings; and bulls will be sacrificed on your altar.

International Standard Version
Then you will be pleased with right sacrifices, with burnt offerings, and with whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.

Majority Standard Bible
Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.

NET Bible
Then you will accept the proper sacrifices, burnt sacrifices and whole offerings; then bulls will be sacrificed on your altar.

New Heart English Bible
Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt-offering and whole burnt-offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thy altar.

World English Bible
Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Then You desire sacrifices of righteousness, "" Burnt-offering, and whole burnt-offering, "" Then they offer bullocks on your altar!

Young's Literal Translation
Then Thou desirest sacrifices of righteousness, Burnt-offering, and whole burnt-offering, Then they offer bullocks on thine altar!

Smith's Literal Translation
Then wilt thou delight in sacrifices of justice, in burnt-offering and whole burnt-offering: then they will bring up bullocks upon thine altar.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations and whole burnt offerings: then shall they lay calves upon thy altar.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Then you will accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations, and holocausts. Then they will lay calves upon your altar.

New American Bible
Then you will desire the sacrifices of the just, burnt offering and whole offerings; then they will offer up young bulls on your altar.

New Revised Standard Version
then you will delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on your altar.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then shall they offer gifts upon thine altar.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Then you will be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness and with burnt offerings; then they will offer bulls upon your altar.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Then wilt Thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt-offering and whole offering; Then will they offer bullocks upon Thine altar.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Then shalt thou be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, offering, and whole-burnt-sacrifices: then shall they offer calves upon thine altar.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God
18In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem. 19Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, in whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on Your altar.

Cross References
Isaiah 1:11-17
“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. / When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? / Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. ...

Hosea 6:6
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Micah 6:6-8
With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? / Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? / He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

1 Samuel 15:22
But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

Amos 5:21-24
“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. ...

Matthew 9:13
But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Matthew 12:7
If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

Hebrews 10:5-10
Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. / In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight. / Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’” ...

Romans 12:1
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

Mark 12:33
and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Jeremiah 7:22-23
For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices, / but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.

1 Peter 2:5
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Philippians 4:18
I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.

Malachi 1:10-11
“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands. / For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.


Treasury of Scripture

Then shall you be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks on your altar.

pleased

Psalm 66:13-15
I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, …

Psalm 118:27
God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

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.

sacrifices

Psalm 4:5
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.

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.

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Psalm 51
1. David prays for remission of sins, whereof he makes a deep confession
6. He prays for sanctification
16. God delights not in sacrifice, but in sincerity
18. He prays for the church














Then You will delight
The Hebrew word for "delight" is "חָפֵץ" (chafets), which conveys a sense of pleasure or desire. In the context of this verse, it signifies God's pleasure in the genuine repentance and transformation of the heart. Historically, the Israelites understood that God's delight was not in the mere ritual of sacrifice but in the sincerity and righteousness behind it. This aligns with the broader biblical narrative that emphasizes God's desire for a contrite heart over mere ritualistic observance (1 Samuel 15:22).

in righteous sacrifices
The term "righteous" in Hebrew is "צֶדֶק" (tsedeq), which implies justice, rightness, and ethical conduct. Sacrifices that are "righteous" are those offered with a pure heart and a sincere intention to honor God. This phrase underscores the biblical principle that God values the moral and spiritual integrity of the worshiper over the physical act of sacrifice. The historical context of Israel's sacrificial system was meant to point to a deeper spiritual truth, which is the need for inner righteousness.

in whole burnt offerings
The Hebrew word for "whole burnt offerings" is "עוֹלָה" (olah), which refers to a sacrifice that is completely consumed by fire on the altar. This type of offering symbolizes total dedication and surrender to God. In ancient Israel, the whole burnt offering was a powerful expression of worship and commitment, signifying the worshiper's desire to be wholly devoted to God. The complete consumption of the offering by fire represents the idea of giving oneself entirely to the Lord.

then bulls will be offered
Bulls were considered valuable and significant offerings in the sacrificial system of ancient Israel. The offering of a bull, as opposed to smaller animals, indicated a substantial and costly sacrifice, reflecting the worshiper's earnestness and reverence. The Hebrew word for "bulls" is "פָּרִים" (parim), and their offering was often associated with atonement and reconciliation with God. This phrase highlights the importance of offering God our best and most valuable possessions as a sign of our devotion.

on Your altar
The "altar" in Hebrew is "מִזְבֵּחַ" (mizbeach), which was the sacred place where sacrifices were made to God. The altar represents a meeting point between the divine and the human, a place of worship, atonement, and covenant renewal. In the historical context of the Old Testament, the altar was central to Israel's religious life, symbolizing God's presence and the people's commitment to Him. This phrase reminds us of the importance of approaching God with reverence and the understanding that true worship involves both sacrifice and a heart aligned with His will.

Verse 19. - Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness. "Then" - when the walls are completed - thou shalt receive the public sacrifices which will naturally be offered on the accomplishment of such a work (Nehemiah 12:43). And these sacrifices, offered willingly by grateful hearts, will be pleasing and acceptable unto thee. With burnt offering, and whole burnt offering. Only the head, the fat, and certain portions of the interior were ordinarily burnt when a victim was offered (Leviticus 1:8, 12; Leviticus 3:3, 4, etc.); but sometimes, when the offerer's heart was full, and he desired to indicate its complete and undivided surrender to God, the entire victim was consumed (see Hengstenberg, ad loc.). Then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. Bullocks, or oxen, were offered on all great occasions (see 2 Samuel 24:22-25; 1 Kings 8:63; 1 Chronicles 29:21; 2 Chronicles 7:5; 2 Chronicles 29:32, 33; 2 Chronicles 35:7, 9; Ezra 6:17, etc.).



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then
אָ֤ז (’āz)
Adverb
Strong's 227: At that time, place, therefore

You will delight
תַּחְפֹּ֣ץ (taḥ·pōṣ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2654: To incline to, to bend, to be pleased with, desire

in righteous
צֶ֭דֶק (ṣe·ḏeq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6664: The right, equity, prosperity

sacrifices,
זִבְחֵי־ (ziḇ·ḥê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2077: A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice

in whole
וְכָלִ֑יל (wə·ḵā·lîl)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 3632: Complete, the whole, as, fully

burnt offerings;
עוֹלָ֣ה (‘ō·w·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5930: Whole burnt offering

then
אָ֤ז (’āz)
Adverb
Strong's 227: At that time, place, therefore

bulls
פָרִֽים׃ (p̄ā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6499: Young bull, steer

will be offered
יַעֲל֖וּ (ya·‘ă·lū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Your altar.
מִזְבַּחֲךָ֣ (miz·ba·ḥă·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 4196: An altar


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