The prayer of the destitute he surely will regard; Their prayer will he not despise, by him it shall be heard.
Psalm 51:17 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter) A broken spirit is to God a pleasing sacrifice: A broken and a contrite heart, Lord, thou wilt not despise. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition My sacrifice [the sacrifice acceptable] to God is a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart [broken down with sorrow for sin and humbly and thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise. American Standard Version (1901) The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Common English Bible A broken spirit is my sacrifice, God. You won’t despise a heart, God, that is broken and crushed. |
The prayer of the destitute he surely will regard; Their prayer will he not despise, by him it shall be heard.
And let them sacrifice to him off 'rings of thankfulness; And let them shew abroad his works in songs of joyfulness.
Those that are broken in their heart, and grieved in their minds, He healeth, and their painful wounds he tenderly up-binds.
For he despis'd not nor abhorr'd th' afflicted's misery; Nor from him hid his face, but heard when he to him did cry.
The Lord is ever nigh to them that be of broken sp'rit; To them he safety doth afford that are in heart contrite.