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Psalm 40:5-7
English Standard Version Anglicised

5 You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
    your (A)wondrous deeds and your (B)thoughts towards us;
    none can compare with you!
I will proclaim and tell of them,
    yet they are (C)more than can be told.
6 (D)In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,
    but you have given me an open (E)ear.[a]
Burnt offering and sin offering
    you have not required.
7 Then I said, “Behold, I have come;
    in the scroll of the book it is written (F)of me:

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  1. Psalm 40:6 Hebrew ears you have dug for me
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Psalm 40:5-7
New International Version

5 Many, Lord my God,
    are the wonders(A) you have done,
    the things you planned for us.
None can compare(B) with you;
    were I to speak and tell of your deeds,
    they would be too many(C) to declare.

6 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—(D)
    but my ears you have opened[a]—(E)
    burnt offerings(F) and sin offerings[b] you did not require.
7 Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—
    it is written about me in the scroll.[c](G)

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  1. Psalm 40:6 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts but a body you have prepared for me
  2. Psalm 40:6 Or purification offerings
  3. Psalm 40:7 Or come / with the scroll written for me
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