Psalms 39:7

7 sacrificium et oblationem noluisti aures autem perfecisti mihi holocaustum et pro peccato non postulasti

Psalms 39:7 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 39:7

And now, Lord, what wait I for?
&c.] Look for, or expect, in this view of things? not long life, since the days of man are so short, and his age as nothing; not help from man, since he is altogether vanity; not riches and honour, since they are such poor, fading, perishing things; but the glories of another world, and the enjoyment of the Lord himself, both in this and that;

my hope [is] in thee;
the psalmist now returns to himself, and comes to his right mind, and to a right way of judging and acting; making the Lord the object of his hope and trust, expecting all good things, grace and glory, alone from him; and this is the hope which makes not ashamed.

Psalms 39:7 In-Context

5 beatus vir cuius est nomen Domini spes ipsius et non respexit in vanitates et insanias falsas

6 multa fecisti tu Domine Deus meus mirabilia tua et cogitationibus tuis non est qui similis sit tibi adnuntiavi et locutus sum multiplicati sunt super numerum

7 sacrificium et oblationem noluisti aures autem perfecisti mihi holocaustum et pro peccato non postulasti

8 tunc dixi ecce venio in capite libri scriptum est de me

9 ut facerem voluntatem tuam Deus meus volui et legem tuam in medio cordis mei