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Psalm 40:7
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 40:7
New Catholic Bible
7 [a]Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but you have made my ears receptive.[b]
Burnt offerings and sin offerings
you did not demand.
Footnotes
- Psalm 40:7 These verses are applied to Christ by Heb 10:5-10.
- Psalm 40:7 Obedience is better than sacrifice (see Pss 50:7-15; 51:18f; 69:32f; 1 Sam 15:22; Isa 1:10-20; Jer 7:22; Hos 6:6; Am 5:22-25; Mic 6:6-8; Acts 7:42f). But you have made my ears receptive: a variant reading from the Greek versions has: “but a body you have prepared for me,” which was interpreted in a Messianic sense and applied to Christ (see Heb 10:5ff).
