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Psalm 40:5-7
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5 O Lord my God,
    You have done many wonderful works,
and Your thoughts toward us
    cannot be compared;
if I would declare and speak of them,
    they are more than can be numbered.

6 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire;
    You have opened up my ears to listen.
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 of 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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Footnotes

  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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