Psalms 40:6-8

6 ¹In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ²ear.^[a] Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.

7 Then I said, "Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written ³of me:

8 ⁴I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is ⁵within my heart."

Psalms 40:6-8 In-Context

4 Blessed is the man who makes the LORD his trust, who does not turn to the proud, to those who go astray after a lie!

5 You have multiplied, O LORD my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.

6 In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.

7 Then I said, "Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me:

8 I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart."

9 I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O LORD.

10 I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 51:16; 1 Samuel 15:22; Cited Hebrews 10:5-7; See Proverbs 21:3
• 2. See Job 33:16
• 3. Luke 24:44
• 4. Ps. 119:16, 24, 35, 92; [John 4:34]
• 5. See Psalms 37:31

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew ears you have dug for me