Psa 50:17, Isa 1:11 | JFB | STEP | 16-20. the wicked-- that is, the formalists, as now exposed, and who lead vicious lives (compare , 23). They are unworthy to use even the words of God's law. Their hypocrisy and vice are exposed by illustrations from sins against the seventh, eighth, and ninth commandments.

‏ Psalms 50:17

16-20. the wicked--that is, the formalists, as now exposed, and who lead vicious lives (compare Ro 2:21, 23). They are unworthy to use even the words of God's law. Their hypocrisy and vice are exposed by illustrations from sins against the seventh, eighth, and ninth commandments.

‏ Isaiah 1:11

11. God does not here absolutely disparage sacrifice, which is as old and universal as sin (Ge 3:21; 4:4), and sin is almost as old as the world; but sacrifice, unaccompanied with obedience of heart and life (1Sa 15:22; Psa 50:9-13; 51:16-19; Ho 6:6). Positive precepts are only means; moral obedience is the end. A foreshadowing of the gospel, when the One real sacrifice was to supersede all the shadowy ones, and "bring in everlasting righteousness" (Psa 40:6, 7; Da 9:24-27; He 10:1-14).

full--to satiety; weary of

burnt offerings--burnt whole, except the blood, which was sprinkled about the altar.

fat--not to be eaten by man, but burnt on the altar (Le 3:4, 5, 11, 17).