I will take no bullock out of your house - Bullocks were offered regularly in the Hebrew service and sacrifice ([Reference Exodus 2…

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

Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God. I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifi…

I will take no calf out your house. Two reasons are given in this and the following verses to prove that he cannot set any value on sacrif…

I will take no bullock out of your house
That is, will accept of none; such sacrifices being no more agreeable to th…

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…