16 You do not delight in sacrifice,(A) or I would bring it;
    you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17 My sacrifice,(B) O God, is[a] a broken spirit;
    a broken and contrite heart(C)
    you, God, will not despise.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 51:17 Or The sacrifices of God are

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