For every beast of the forest is mine - All the beasts that roam at large in the wilderness; all that are untamed and unclaimed by …

Notice the fine tone of irony that pervades this rebuke, the best weapon against ritualistic errors.

I will not reprove you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. I will take no bullock out of your hous…

For every beast of the forest [is] mine
By creation and preservation; and therefore he stood in no need of their bul…

To obey is better than sacrifice, and to love God and our neighbor better than all burnt offerings. We are warned here not to rest in these outward…

1. Previously, the psalmist invited the nations to trust in God; here, he instructs them in the worship of God. The title is a psalm for…