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18 For you do not desire sacrifice[a] or I would give it;
    a burnt offering you would not accept.(A)
19 My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit;
    a contrite, humbled heart, O God, you will not scorn.

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Footnotes

  1. 51:18 For you do not desire sacrifice: the mere offering of the ritual sacrifice apart from good dispositions is not acceptable to God, cf. Ps 50.

18 May it please you to prosper Zion,(A)
    to build up the walls of Jerusalem.(B)
19 Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous,(C)
    in burnt offerings(D) offered whole;
    then bulls(E) will be offered on your altar.

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