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The sacrifices: this is instead of or of more value than many sacrifices.
Of God; which God in such cases as mine requires, and will accept; in which sense we read of the work of God, Joh_6:28.
A broken and a contrite heart, i.e. a heart deeply afflicted and grieved for sin, humbled under the sense of God’s displeasure, and earnestly seeking and willing to accept of reconciliation with God upon any terms. See Isa_57:15 61:1 66:2 Mat_11:28. This is opposed to that hard or stony heart, of which we read so oft, which signifies a heart insensible of the burden of sin, stubborn and rebellious against God, imminent and incorrigible.
Thou wilt not despise, i.e. thou dost highly approve; as such negative phrases oft signify, as hath been formerly proved.