Psalms 40
David praises God for lifting him from a slimy pit and setting his feet on a rock. He declares that God desires obedience over sacrifice. The psalm prophetically speaks of one who comes to do God's will, applied to Christ in Hebrews 10.
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
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.
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.
Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me
Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.
Read Hebrews 10 ›Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll:
Here I am, I have come to do your will — Christ's obedience
Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”
Read Hebrews 10 ›'Here I am — it is written about me in the scroll — I have come to do your will.' The writer of Hebrews shows Jesus fulfilling David's words about willing obedience.
Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”
Read Hebrews 10 ›I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
He sets aside the first to establish the second
Then He adds, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second.
Read Hebrews 10 ›I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.
I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.
O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me.
For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.
May those who seek my life be ashamed and confounded; may those who wish me harm be repelled and humiliated.
May those who say to me, “Aha, aha!” be appalled at their own shame.
May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; may those who love Your salvation always say, “The LORD be magnified!”
But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
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