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Psalm 40:6-8
Christian Standard Bible
Psalm 40:6-8
Christian Standard Bible
6 You do not delight in sacrifice and offering;
you open my ears to listen.[a]
You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering.(A)
7 Then I said, “See, I have come;
in the scroll it is written about me.(B)
8 I delight to do your will, my God,(C)
and your instruction is deep within me.”(D)
Footnotes
- 40:6 Lit you hollow out ears for me
Psalm 40:6-8
New International Version
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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