Psalms 51:16-17

Psalms 51:16-17. Those delightest not in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God are as broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

David has to feel that it is better to have one genuine sigh for sin than to make ten thousand bullocks shed their blood upon the sacrificial altar; and if thou art truly broken from thy sin, - if thou dost really hate it, and cry to God for the pardon of it, - if the Spirit of God has really given thee complete cleansing from thy guilt by the precious blood of Jesus - this is better than all the material sacrifices offered in all the temples that were ever built, and overlaid with gold. "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise."