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17The sacrifices of God are a broken{H8737)} spirit: a broken{H8737)} and a contrite{H8737)} heart, O God, thou wilt not despise{H8799)}.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-19)I. David prays against the guilt of sin, and prays for the grace of God, enforcing both petitions from a plea taken from the glory of God, which he promises with thankfulness to show forth. 1. He prays against the guilt of sin, that he might be delivered from that, and promises that then he would praise God, Ps. 51:14. The particular sin he prays against is blood-guiltiness, the sin he had now bee…
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