Psalm 40:6-8 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 40:6-10

The psalmist, being struck with amazement at the wonderful works that God had done for his people, is strangely carried out here to foretel that work of wonder which excels all the rest and is the foundation and fountain of all, that of our redemption by our Lord Jesus Christ. God's thoughts, which were to us-ward concerning that work, were the most curious, the most copious, the most gracious, and therefore to be most admired. This paragraph is quoted by the apostle (Heb. 10:5-7) and applied... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 40:6

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire ,.... These were desired, willed, and appointed by God, and that very early, even from the times of our first parents; and, when performed aright, were acceptable to God, quite down to the times of the Messiah: indeed, when offered without faith in Christ, and with a wicked mind, to merit any thing at the hand of God, they were always abominable to him; and he likewise ever preferred love to himself, and of the neighbour, obedience to the commands... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 40:7

Then said I ,.... As in the council and covenant of peace, when and where he declared his willingness to come into the world, and make satisfaction for the sins of his people; so when the fulness of time was come for his appearance in human nature he repeated the same; for of the time of his coming into the world are these words interpreted, Hebrews 10:5 ; when sacrifice and offering God would not have any longer continued, and when a body was prepared him, then he said, Lo, I come ; O... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 40:8

I delight to do thy will, O my God ,.... This he came down from heaven to do, and this he did do, by preaching the Gospel, and working miracles; and above all by obtaining eternal redemption for his people, which he effected by fulfilling the law, becoming a sacrifice, and suffering and dying in their room; all which were the will of God, and grateful to him, and in doing which Christ took the utmost delight and pleasure, John 4:34 ; yea, thy law is within my heart ; either the whole... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 40:6

Sacrifice and offering - The apostle, Hebrews 10:5 , etc., quoting this and the two following verses, says, When he (the Messiah) cometh into the world - was about to be incarnated, He saith - to God the Father, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldst not - it was never thy will and design that the sacrifices under thy own law should be considered as making atonement for sin; they were only designed to point out my incarnation and consequent sacrificial death: and therefore a body hast thou... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 40:7

In the volume of the book - ספר במגלת bimegillath sepher , "in the roll of the book." Anciently, books were written on skins, and rolled up. Among the Romans, these were called volumina, from volvo, I roll; and the Pentateuch in the Jewish synagogues is still written in this way. There are two wooden rollers; on one they roll on, on the other they roll off, as they proceed in reading. One now lying before me, written on vellum, is two feet two inches in breadth and one hundred and two... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 40:8

To do thy will - God willed not the sacrifices under the law, but he willed that a human victim of infinite merit should be offered for the redemption of mankind. That there might be such a victim, a body was prepared for the eternal Logos, and in that body he came to do the will of God; that is, to suffer and die for the sins of the world. Hence we see that the sovereign Will of God is that Jesus should be incarnated; that he should suffer and die; or, in the apostle's words, taste death... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 40:6

Verse 6 6In sacrifice and oblation thou hast not taken pleasure. Here David offers not only the sacrifice of praise, or, as the prophet Hosea calls it, (Hosea 14:2,) “the calves of the lips,” but, in token of his gratitude, offers and consecrates himself entirely to God; as if he had said, I am now wholly devoted to God, because, having been delivered by his wonderful power, I am doubly indebted to him for my life. At the same time, treating of the true worship of God, he shows that it consists... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 40:7

Verse 7 7.Then said I, Lo! I come. By the adverb then he intimates, that he had not been a good scholar, and capable of profiting by instruction, until God had opened his ears; but as soon as he had been instructed by the secret inspirations of the Spirit, he tells us, that then his heart was ready to yield a willing and cheerful obedience. Here true obedience is very properly distinguished from a constrained and slavish subjection. Whatever service, therefore, men may offer to God, it is vain... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 40:1-10

Out of the pit arid on the rock: a song of praise. The title of the psalm indicates that it is one of David's: against that no adequate argument has been raised. £ Therefore, as David's we regard it. We are called on to a treatment of it in three several topics. In this, the first, we look at it as a song of praise for delivering mercy—for delivering mercy experienced by the psalmist himself, who, having written this grateful hymn, hands it "to the chief musician" for use in sanctuary... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 40:6-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 40:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 40:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 40:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 40:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 40:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 40:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 40:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 40:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 40:1-10

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