Psalms 40:7
5 Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
6 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll:
8 I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
9 I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll:
- KJV
- Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
- WEB
- Then I said, “Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll.
- ASV
- Then said I, Lo, I am come; In the roll of the book it is written of me:
- DARBY
- Then said I, Behold, I come, in the volume of the book it is written of me
- BLB
- Then I said, “Behold, I have come—in the roll of the book it is written of me.
- ÅB
- Da sa jeg: «Se, jeg kommer;
i bokrullen er det skrevet om meg. - OTB
- Da sa jeg: “Se, jeg har kommet;
Det står skrevet om meg i bokrullen. - B1930
- Da sa jeg: Se, jeg kommer; i bokrullen er mig foreskrevet; / < nemlig hvad jeg skal gjøre.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 10:7–9
Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”
Read in contextLuke 24:44
Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
Read in contextJohn 5:39
You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,
Read in contextLuke 24:27
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:3–4
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
Read in context1 Peter 1:10–11
Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,
Read in contextActs 10:43
All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”
Read in contextRevelation 19:10
So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
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