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Psalm 50:8

I don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.

6The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah.
7“Hear, my people, and I will speak. Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God.
8I don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.
9I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens.
10For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills.
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Burnt offerings are already before God, so his words unsettle the thought that keeping worship going leaves nothing else for him to address.

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Psalm 37:7Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.Both address life before God, though Psalm 37 concerns patient waiting and Psalm 50 concerns offerings already being made.
Hosea 6:6For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.Both speak of sacrifices and burnt offerings, with Hosea naming mercy and knowledge of God as what God desires.
Hebrews 10:4–10For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.Both discuss animal sacrifices, though Hebrews addresses their inability to take away sins and Psalm 50 acknowledges their continual presentation.
Proverbs 21:3To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.Both place sacrifice under God’s judgment; Proverbs states his preference for righteousness and justice over sacrifice.
Isaiah 1:11–31“What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?”, says the LORD. “I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed animals. I don’t …In both passages, God addresses people who keep bringing sacrifices; the presence of offerings does not silence his objection.
Psalm 40:6–8Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.Both speak about burnt offerings, though Psalm 50 acknowledges their presence and Psalm 40 says God has not required them.
Psalm 51:16For you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering.Both concern sacrifices brought to God; Psalm 51 states that God takes no pleasure in burnt offerings.
Jeremiah 7:21–23The LORD of Armies, the God of Israel says: “Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat meat.Both address Israel’s sacrifices and burnt offerings, with Jeremiah telling the people to add them together and eat meat.
Exodus 29:18You shall burn the whole ram on the altar: it is a burnt offering to the LORD; it is a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.Both describe burnt offerings presented to the LORD; Exodus gives instructions for the altar, while the psalm acknowledges ongoing offerings.
Numbers 28:6It is a continual burnt offering which was ordained in Mount Sinai for a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.Continual burnt offerings appear in both texts: Numbers records their institution at Sinai, and Psalm 50 acknowledges their ongoing presence.
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Encouragement

God acknowledges the offerings Israel brings. You need not treat worship as supplying something God lacks; the animals on the altar already belong to him.

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