Psalms 40:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Psalms 40:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Sacrifice and offering - The first of the words used here - זבח zebach - means properly a bloody-offering; the other - מנחה minchāh - an offering without blood, as a thank-offering. See...
Psalms 40:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; (f) mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. (f) You have opened my ears to understand the spiritual meaning...
Psalms 40:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XL. A. Psalms 40:1-11 . A Thanksgiving for Deliverance. The Psalmist believes that his own gratitude will give confidence to others. God, he says, takes no special delight in sacrificial worship....
Psalms 40:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Sacrifice. Hebrew. zabach. App-43. Quoted in Hebrews 10:5-9 . offering. Hebrew. minchah. App-43. Compare Hebrews 10:5-7 . Note the four great offerings here, and separately: Psalms 40:6 ....
Psalms 40:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6 In 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...
Psalms 40:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Sacrifice and offering - The apostle, Hebrews 10:5 , etc., quoting t...
Psalms 40:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Sacrifice and offering, &c.— These three verses, as they may possibly relate to David, who was a a type of Christ, may be thus considered.— Sacrifice, &c. The Psalmist here enumerates the...
Psalms 40:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. The second half of the first part, Psalms 40:6-10 . The petit...
Psalms 40:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. falls into two well-marked divisions, which many think to have been originally separate Pss. In Psalms 40:1-11 the writer recalls with thankfulness how God has heard his prayers and delive...
Psalms 40:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Mine ears hast thou opened. — Literally, Ears hast thou dug for me, which can hardly mean anything but “Thou hast given me the sense of hearing.” The words are an echo of 1 Samuel 15:22 . The at...
Psalms 40:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 40:1-17 THE closing verses of this psalm reappear with slight changes as an independent whole in Psalms 70:1-5 . The question arises whether that is a fragment or this a conglomerate. Mode...
Psalms 40:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Joyous Testimony Psalms 40:1-10 This psalm follows appropriately on the two former, in which the psalmist had been detailing his sufferings. Here he celebrates deliverance. But a Greater than...
Psalms 40:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Again we find in this psalm the perfect structure found in Psalms 27:1-14 . Praise prepares for prayer. The experience has mounted higher than in the preceding song (39). The singer still suffers di...
Psalms 40:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Holy Ghost would not suffer the church to make her own comment upon this most momentous passage; but by his servant the apostle Paul ( Hebrews 10:5-14 .) hath very fully done it himself; and plai...
Psalms 40:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 38 Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday ( Morning ). Psalms 38-40 = Day 8 ( Morning ).
Psalms 40:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 a...
Psalms 40:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Ver. 6. Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire ] Comparative...
Psalms 40:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Sacrifice , &c. These and the four following verses may, in an improper sense, belong to the person and time of David; when God might be said, not to desire , or require , legal sacrifices, co...
Psalms 40:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Insufficiency of the Legal Sacrifices; The Efficacy of Christ's Sacrifice. 6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desi...
Psalms 40:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

These words may in an improper sense belong to the person and time of David; when God might be said not to desire or require legal sacrifices comparatively, as negative expressions are frequently u...
Psalms 40:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

He Recognises That In Order For A Man To Express His Gratitude to God Religious Observances Are Not Enough, And That What God Requires Of Him Is Total Obedience to His Will, Something To Which He Gl...
Psalms 40:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription : “To the Chief Musician, a Psalm of David.” The psalm is addressed to “the Chief Musician,” that he might set it to music for use in public worship. We have no means o...
Psalms 40:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 40:5-12 So then there are two series of things which cannot be numbered God's mercies and man's sin. I. If we keep these two things close together in cur contemplations, they suggest for u...
Psalms 40:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

These are the words of David: they are the words of all God's tried and believing people; but above all they are the words of the Lord Jesus Christ himself. So complete is the union between Christ an...
Psalms 40:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm of David is a consequence of the preseding. It is an ode of thanksgiving for liberation from the profound grief and sorrow under which he had groaned. Here he rises above the cloud, and as...
Psalms 40:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry. Waiting for the Lord There is a Divine law of waiting which has an essential connection with the larger law of giving...
Psalms 40:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE occasion of this psalm is some great deliverance which has been vouchsafed to the author of it, for which he desires to praise and thank God. Of this deliverance he speaks in P...
Psalms 40:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prophecy of Christ's Suffering and Prophetic Office. To the chief musician, for performance in liturgical services, a psalm of David, the Messiah Himself speaking through his mouth and pen. Cf He...
Psalms 40:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 15:22 ; Exodus 21:6 ; Hebrews 10:5-12 ; Hosea 6:6 ; Isaiah 1:11 ; Isaiah 50:4 ; Isaiah 50:5 ; Isaiah 66:3 ; Jeremiah 7:21-23 ; Job 33:16 ; Matthew 12:7 ; Matthew 9:13 ; Psalms 5...
Psalms 40:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Sacrifice — These and the following words, may in an improper sense belong to the time of David; when God might be said, not to desire or require legal sacrifices comparatively. Thou didst desire o...

Psalms 40:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 40:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 40:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 40:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Psalms 40:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 40:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 40:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 40:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 40:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 40:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 40:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 40:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 40:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 40:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 40:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 40:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 40:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 40:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 40:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 40:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 40:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 40:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 40:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 40:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 40:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 40:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 40:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 40:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 40:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes