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Psalm 40

Psa. 40:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Sacrifice
zebach (Hebrew #2077)
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
KJV usage: offer(- ing), sacrifice.
Pronounce: zeh'-bakh
Origin: from 2076
e and offering
minchah (Hebrew #4503)
a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
KJV usage: gift, oblation, (meat) offering, present, sacrifice.
Pronounce: min-khaw'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow
thou didst not desire
chaphets (Hebrew #2654)
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
KJV usage: X any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.
Pronounce: khaw-fates'
Origin: a primitive root
; mine ears
'ozen (Hebrew #241)
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
KJV usage: + advertise, audience, + displease, ear, hearing, + show.
Pronounce: o'-zen
Origin: from 238
hast thou δopened
karah (Hebrew #3738)
properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open
KJV usage: dig, X make (a banquet), open.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
: burnt offering
`olah (Hebrew #5930)
feminine active participle of 5927; a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
KJV usage: ascent, burnt offering (sacrifice), go up to. See also 5766.
Pronounce: o-law'
Origin: or mowlah {o-law'}
and sin offering
chata'ah (Hebrew #2401)
an offence, or a sacrifice for it
KJV usage: sin (offering).
Pronounce: khat-aw-aw'
Origin: feminine of 2399
hast thou not required
sha'al (Hebrew #7592)
a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
KJV usage: ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, X earnestly, enquire, + greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, + salute, X straitly, X surely, wish.
Pronounce: shaw-al'
Origin: or shael {shaw-ale'}
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Psa. 51:16• 16For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. (Psa. 51:16)
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Heb. 10:4‑10• 4For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
 5Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
 6In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
 7Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
 8Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
 9Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
 10By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. (Heb. 10:4‑10)
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digged,
Ex. 21:6• 6Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever. (Ex. 21:6)
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More on:

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Burnt Offering or Sacrifice,
Offering; Offering Up,
Sacrifice,
Sin Offering

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Sacrifice.
Psa. 50:8• 8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. (Psa. 50:8)
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Psa. 51:16• 16For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. (Psa. 51:16)
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1 Sam. 15:22• 22And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. (1 Sam. 15:22)
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Isa. 1:11• 11To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. (Isa. 1:11)
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Isa. 66:3• 3He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. (Isa. 66:3)
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Jer. 7:21‑23• 21Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
 22For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
 23But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. (Jer. 7:21‑23)
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Hos. 6:6• 6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. (Hos. 6:6)
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Matt. 9:13• 13But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. (Matt. 9:13)
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Matt. 12:7• 7But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. (Matt. 12:7)
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Heb. 10:5‑12• 5Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
 6In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
 7Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
 8Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
 9Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
 10By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
 11And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
 12But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; (Heb. 10:5‑12)
mine ears.
Ex. 21:6• 6Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever. (Ex. 21:6)
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Job 33:16• 16Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, (Job 33:16)
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Isa. 50:4‑5• 4The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
 5The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. (Isa. 50:4‑5)
opened.
Heb. digged.
• Verse 6, the special and glorious One comes in view, He who could discourse with Jehovah in eternity. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 37-39” by J.N. Darby)
• Verse 6 presents the thought and counsels of God. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 37-39” by J.N. Darby)
• Verses 6 and 7 are the revelation of what passed in the everlasting world (wonderful thought!) telling us how He became a man. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 37-39” by J.N. Darby)
• (vv. 6-8) The unfolding of these thoughts to us-ward commence with the incarnation of Christ. He comes according to the eternal purpose of God to do the will of God. (“Psalms 40” by H. Smith)
• Christ having come, the whole Levitical system is set aside as neither meeting the desires of God nor the needs of men. (“Psalms 40” by H. Smith)
• {v.6-8} The psalm also recounts His perfect obedience as a faithful witness for God in this world. (“Book 1.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Sacrificeg and oblation thou didst not desire: ears hast thou preparedh me. Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not demanded;

JND Translation Notes

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See Ex. 23.18 and Lev. 1.3, Note b.
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Lit. "digged" or "hollowed out."