Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Psalm 40:6
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Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
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Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
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Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; Mine ears hast thou opened: Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required.
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Psalm 40
4 Blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, who has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.
5 Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
6 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
7 Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll:
8 I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
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