Psalm 40:6-12
New American Standard Bible
6 (A)You have not desired [a]sacrifice and meal offering;
You have [b]opened my ears;
You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.
7 Then I said, “Behold, I have come;
It is [c]written of me in the scroll of the book.
8 (B)I delight to do Your will, my God;
(C)Your Law is within my [d]heart.”
9 I have (D)proclaimed good news of righteousness in the great congregation;
Behold, I will (E)not restrain my lips,
Lord, (F)You know.
10 I have (G)not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
I have (H)spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your mercy and Your truth from the great congregation.
11 You, Lord, will not withhold Your compassion from me;
[e]Your (I)mercy and Your truth will continually watch over me.
12 For evils beyond number have (J)surrounded me;
My (K)guilty deeds have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;
They are (L)more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my (M)heart has [f]failed me.
Footnotes
- Psalm 40:6 I.e., blood sacrifice
- Psalm 40:6 Lit dug; or possibly pierced
- Psalm 40:7 Or prescribed for
- Psalm 40:8 Lit inner being
- Psalm 40:11 Or May...preserve
- Psalm 40:12 Lit forsaken
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