Catholic Public Domain Version
"I will not reprove you for your sacrifices. Moreover, your holocausts are ever in my sight. "
— Psalms 49:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)”
“(For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever), ”
“For the redemption of their life is costly, no payment is ever enough,”
“(the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny),”
“I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices: and thy burnt offerings are always in my sight.”
“(Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.)”
“(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)”
Gather his holy ones to him, you who order his covenant above sacrifices.
And the heavens will announce his justice. For God is the judge.
Listen, my people, and I will speak. Listen, Israel, and I will testify for you. I am God, your God.
I will not reprove you for your sacrifices. Moreover, your holocausts are ever in my sight.
I will not accept calves from your house, nor he-goats from your flocks.
For all the wild beasts of the forest are mine: the cattle on the hills and the oxen.
I know all the flying things of the air, and the beauty of the field is with me.