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Psalms 40:6 — King James Version← Study notes

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.


Psalms 40:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 40:615 words
HebrewMeaning
רַבּ֤וֹתrabwōt
manyadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
עָשִׂ֨יתָʿāśiytā
you have madeverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
אַתָּ֤הʾatāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהַ/י֮ʾĕlōhay
God mynounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
נִֽפְלְאֹתֶ֥י/ךָnipələʾōteykā
wonders yourverbH6381
(arise...too · be too) hard · hidden · things too high ···
וּ/מַחְשְׁבֹתֶ֗י/ךָwmaḥəšəbōteykā
and plans yourconjH4284
curious work · device · imagination · invented ···
אֵ֫לֵ֥י/נוּʾēlēynw
to uspronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֵ֤יןʾēyn
notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
עֲרֹ֬ךְʿărōkə
to compareverbH6186
self) in array · compare · direct · equal ···
אֵלֶ֗י/ךָʾēleykā
to youpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אַגִּ֥ידָהʾagiydāh
I will declareverbH5046
certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···
וַ/אֲדַבֵּ֑רָהwaʾădabērāh
and I will speakconjH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
עָ֝צְמ֗וּʿāṣəmw
they are too numerousverbH6105
close · be great · be increased · be mighty ···
מִ/סַּפֵּֽרmisapēr
for recountingpronH5608
count; declare · number · penknife · reckon ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 40:6

1. Of all those things which our Lord Jesus Christ has foretold, we know part to have been already accomplished, part we hope will be accomplished hereafter. All of them, however, will be fulfilled, because He is “the Truth” who speaks them, and requires of us to be as “faithful,” as He Himself speaks them faithfully.... 2. Let us say then what this Psalm says. “I waited patiently for the Lord” Psalm 39:1. I waited patiently for the promise of no mere mortal who can both…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 40 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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