Psalm 40:5-7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
5 Blessed the man who sets
his security in the Lord,
who turns not to the arrogant
or to those who stray after falsehood.(A)
6 You, yes you, O Lord, my God,
have done many wondrous deeds!
And in your plans for us
there is none to equal you.(B)
Should I wish to declare or tell them,
too many are they to recount.(C)
7 [a]Sacrifice and offering you do not want;(D)
you opened my ears.
Holocaust and sin-offering you do not request;
Footnotes
- 40:7–9 Obedience is better than sacrifice (cf. 1 Sm 15:22; Is 1:10–20; Hos 6:6; Am 5:22–25; Mi 6:6–8; Acts 7:42–43 [quoting Am 5:25–26]). Hb 10:5–9 quotes the somewhat different Greek version and interprets it as Christ’s self-oblation.
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