Psalm 50:9
“I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 50Meaning
God does not need to take a bull from a household or goats from pens as though divine life depended on human supplies; worship cannot put God in our debt.
God wants grateful dependence, not transactional sacrifice
Psalm 50 is a covenant-liturgy and wisdom-like judgment psalm in which God summons heaven and earth, rejects any idea that sacrifice feeds or obligates him, calls for thanksgiving and trust, and exposes the contradiction between reciting covenant words and practicing theft, sexual betrayal, deceit, and slander.
Read carefully
God does not need to take a bull from a household or goats from pens as though divine life depended on human supplies; worship cannot put God in our debt.
Reflection
God does not need to take a bull from a household or goats from pens as though divine life depended on human supplies; worship cannot put God in our debt.