Psalm 51:15-17

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁵O Lord, open my lips,
    and my mouth will declare your praise.
¹⁶For you have no delight in sacrifice;
    if I were to give a burnt offering, you would not be pleased.
¹⁷The sacrifice acceptable to God^[a] is a broken spirit;
    a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

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Psalm 51:17 Or My sacrifice, O God,

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