Psalms 40:6
Sacrifice and offering you did not desire; mine ears have you opened: burnt offering and sin offering have you not required.
Updated King James Version
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In Context
7Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
Cross References
Exodus 21:6Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
Job 5:9Which does great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
Psalms 50:8I will not reprove you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
Psalms 71:15My mouth shall show forth your righteousness and your 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 you.
Isaiah 25:1O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you, I will praise your name; for you have done wonderful things; your counsels of old are 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 →