Psalms 40:6
Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
7Then said I, Lo, I am come; in the roll of the book it is written of me:
Cross References
Exodus 21:6then his master shall bring him unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.
Job 5:9Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvelous things without number:
Psalms 50:8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; and thy burnt offerings are continually before me.
Psalms 71:15My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, and of thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
Psalms 139:18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Isaiah 25:1O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, even counsels of old, in faithfulness and truth.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 40:2-6
The Benefit of Confidence in God. 1 I waited patiently for the Lord ; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord . 4 Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. 5 Many, O Lord my God, are thy… Read the whole commentary →