Psalms 50:9

Psalms 50:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
• New International Version (NIV)I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens,
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will not accept a bull from your house or goats from your folds.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will not take a bull from your house, Nor goats out of your folds.

Context of Psalms 50:9

7He says, ‘Listen to me, my people, and I will speak to you. I have something to say against you, Israel. I am God, your God. 8You offer sacrifices and burnt offerings to me all the time but that is not why I speak against you. I do not need a bull from your farm, or goats from your fields. 10All the wild animals of the forest belong to me! All the cows on a thousand hills belong to me! 11I know every bird in the mountains, as well as all the insects.

Psalms 50:9 word by word

לֹא־אֶקַּ֣ח מִבֵּיתְךָ֣ פָ֑ר מִ֝מִּכְלְאֹתֶ֗יךָ עַתּוּדִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I will takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: recieveH3947
• no bullockפַּרpar pâr · bullockH6499
• out of thy houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• he goatsעַתּוּד‛attûd ‛attûd · goatH6260
• out of thy foldsמִכְלָהmiklâ'âh miklâh · foldH4356

Cross-references for Psalms 50:9

• Isaiah 43:23You did not bring sheep to me as burnt offerings. You did not make sacrifices to me, to show that you respect me. I did not make it difficult for you, when I asked you to bring offerings to me. When I asked you to burn incense to worship me, that should not have made you tired.
• Micah 6:6‘I come to meet with the Lord,’ you say. ‘I must know what to bring when I come. I bend down to worship him. I must know what to offer when I bend down. He is God and he is greater than everything. Perhaps he would like it if I burn young cows one year old for him.
• Acts 17:25People make things to give to God. But God does not need anything like that. It is God himself who causes everyone to live. He gives them everything that they need.
• Hebrews 10:4We know that the blood of bulls and of goats cannot remove the punishment for sins.

Commentaries on Psalms 50:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9I will take no bullock out of thy house - Bullocks were offered regularly in the Hebrew service and sacrifice Exodus 29:11, Exodus 29:36; Leviticus 4:4; 1 Kings 18:23, 1 Kings 18:33; and it is with reference to this that the language is used here. In obedience to the law it was right and proper to offer such sacrifices; and the design here is not to express disapprobation of these offerings in themselves considered. On this subject - on the external…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 To obey is better than sacrifice, and to love God and our neighbour better than all burnt-offerings. We are here warned not to rest in these performances. And let us beware of resting in any form. God demands the heart, and how can human inventions please him, when repentance, faith, and holiness are neglected? In the day of distress we must apply to the Lord by fervent prayer. Our troubles, though we see them coming from God's hand, must…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Unlike pagan gods, God does not need food. Instead, he wants his people to serve him with sincere hearts (Psalm 50:14–15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-158-15. However scrupulous in external worship, it was offered as if they conferred an obligation in giving God His own, and with a degrading view of Him as needing it [Psa 50:9-13]. Reproving them for such foolish and blasphemous notions, He teaches them to offer, or literally, "sacrifice," thanksgiving, and pay, or perform, their vows--that is, to bring, with the external symbolical service, the homage of the heart, and faith, penitence, and love. To this…Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 50:9

• Formalism
• Offerings

In the dictionaries

• Asaph
• Psalms
• Reprove
• Sheepfold
• Bible, the
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Leviticus
• Psalms, Book of
• Sacrifice

Commentaries on Psalms 50

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings