New English Translation
Psalms 50:9
9I do not need to take a bull from your household or goats from your sheepfolds.
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 my people! I am speaking! Listen Israel! I am accusing you! I am God, your God! 8I am not condemning you because of your sacrifices, or because of your burnt sacrifices that you continually offer me. I do not need to take a bull from your household or goats from your sheepfolds. 10For every wild animal in the forest belongs to me, as well as the cattle that graze on a thousand hills. 11I keep track of every bird in the hills, and the insects of the field are mine.
Read all of Psalms 50Psalms 50:9 word by word
לֹא־אֶקַּ֣ח מִבֵּיתְךָ֣ פָ֑ר מִ֝מִּכְלְאֹתֶ֗יךָ עַתּוּדִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 50:9
- Isaiah 43:23You did not bring me lambs for your burnt offerings; you did not honor me with your sacrifices. I did not burden you with offerings; I did not make you weary by demanding incense.
- Micah 6:6With what should I enter the Lord’s presence? With what should I bow before the sovereign God? Should I enter his presence with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
- Acts 17:25nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone.
- Hebrews 10:4For the blood of bulls and goats cannot take away 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
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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
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