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You have multiplied, O Lord my God,
    your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us;
    none can compare with you.
Were I to proclaim and tell of them,
    they would be more than can be counted.(A)

Sacrifice and offering you do not desire,
    but you have given me an open ear.[a]
Burnt offering and sin offering
    you have not required.(B)
Then I said, “Here I am;
    in the scroll of the book it is written of me.[b]

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  1. 40.6 Heb ears you have dug for me
  2. 40.7 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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.

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.
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