16. For thou desirest not sacrifice. This was the subject of the previous psalm. The psalmist saw far beyond the symbolic ritual; his eye of faith gazed with delight upon the actual atonement. Else would I give it. Anything which the Lord prescribed he would cheerfully have rendered. We are ready to give up all we have if we may but be cleared of our sins; and when sin is pardoned our joyful gratitude is prepared for any sacrifice. Thou delightest not in burnt offering. He knew that no form of burnt sacrifice was a satisfactory propitiation. His deep soul-need made him look from the external rite to the inward grace.
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