Psalm 40:6-8
Legacy Standard Bible
6 [a](A)Sacrifice and meal offering [b]You have not desired;
My ears You have [c]opened;
Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.
7 Then I said, “Behold, I come;
In the scroll of the book it is [d]written of me.
8 (B)I desire to do Your will, O my God;
(C)Your law is within my inner being.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 40:6 Blood sacrifice
- Psalm 40:6 Or You have not taken pleasure in
- Psalm 40:6 Lit dug; or possibly pierced
- Psalm 40:7 Or prescribed for
Psalm 40:6-8
New International Version
6 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—(A)
but my ears you have opened[a]—(B)
burnt offerings(C) and sin offerings[b] you did not require.
7 Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—
it is written about me in the scroll.[c](D)
8 I desire to do your will,(E) my God;(F)
your law is within my heart.”(G)
Footnotes
- Psalm 40:6 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts but a body you have prepared for me
- Psalm 40:6 Or purification offerings
- Psalm 40:7 Or come / with the scroll written for me
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