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Psalms 40:6

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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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  1. Psalms 40:4

    Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

  2. Psalms 40:5

    Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

  3. Psalms 40:7

    Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,

  4. Psalms 40:8

    I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.