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

7“O my people, listen as I speak. Here are my charges against you, O Israel: I am God, your God! 8I have no complaint about your sacrifices or the burnt offerings you constantly offer. But I do not need the bulls from your barns or the goats from your pens. 10For all the animals of the forest are mine, and I own the cattle on a thousand hills. 11I know every bird on the mountains, and all the animals of the field are mine.

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 have not brought me sheep or goats for burnt offerings. You have not honored me with sacrifices, though I have not burdened and wearied you with requests for grain offerings and frankincense.
• Micah 6:6What can we bring to the Lord? Should we bring him burnt offerings? Should we bow before God Most High with offerings of yearling calves?
• Acts 17:25and 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.
• Hebrews 10:4For it is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to 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

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