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Verse Psalms 40:7. _IN THE VOLUME OF THE BOOK_] במגלת ספר
_bimegillath_ _sepher_, "in the _roll_ of the book." Anciently, books
were written on skins, and rolled up. Among the Romans, these were
call...
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THEN SAID I - In Hebrews 10:7, the apostle applies this to the
Messiah. See the notes at that verse. This is the most simple and
satisfactory interpretation of the passage. The word “then” in
this ver...
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Psalms 40
Christ the Obedient One and the Fruit of His Work
_ 1. The path of the Obedient One (Psalms 40:1)_
2. His prayer and His comfort (Psalms 40:13)...
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XL. A. PSALMS 40:1. 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. It is
gr...
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THEN SAID I: i.e. at Incarnation, when He "came into the world"
(Hebrews 10:5).
VOLUME OF THE BOOK. scroll, that is to say, the book. Genitive of
Apposition, and Figure of speech _Pleonasm_ (App-6)....
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True service consists not in material sacrifices but in obedience to
the will of God. The stanza is an answer to the implied question, How
should man express his gratitude? It affirms the common proph...
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_Then said I_ This was his answer when he became aware of God's
requirements.
_Lo, I come_ Rather as R.V., Lo, I am come: (LXX. ἰδοὺ ἥκω)
the servant's response to his master's summons (Numbers 22:38;...
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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
principal s...
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PSALMS 40
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Three Stirring Reminiscences of King David's History.
ANALYSIS
Part I., Significant Memorials of David's Coronation. Stanza I.,
Psalms 40:1-3, A highly Figurative Descri...
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_THEN SAID I, LO, I COME: IN THE VOLUME OF THE BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF
ME,_
Then (_ 'AAZ_ (H227)) - when sacrifices and offerings, such as the
Mosaic law prescribed, were proved not to be what God desi...
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RV 'Lo, I am come,' the Psalmist's personal consecration to God's
service: see Isaiah 6:9. IN THE VOLUME OF THE BOOK _it is_ WRITTEN OF
ME] rather, 'in the roll of the book it is prescribed to me.' Th...
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This Ps. falls into two well-marked divisions, which many think to
have been originally separate Pss. In Psalms 40:1 the writer recalls
with thankfulness how God has heard his prayers and delivered hi...
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Psalms 1:41
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the *
before a word to show an explanation.
The translated Bible tex...
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THEN SAID I. — This rendering, which follows the LXX. and Vulg., and
is adopted in the Epistle to the Hebrews, must be abandoned. The
Hebrew means, _Lo! I come, bringing the book written for_ _me,_ wh...
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_[Psalms 40:8]_ אָ֣ז אָ֭מַרְתִּי הִנֵּה
־בָ֑אתִי בִּ...
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Psalms 40:1
THE closing verses of this psalm reappear with slight changes as an
independent whole in Psalms 70:1. The question arises whether that is
a fragment or this a conglomerate. Modern opinion...
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A JOYOUS TESTIMONY
Psalms 40:1
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 David is...
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Again we find in this psalm the perfect structure found in Psalms
27:1. Praise prepares for prayer. The experience has mounted higher
than in the preceding song (39). The singer still suffers diction,...
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(g) Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is] written
of me,
(g) When you had opened my ears and heart, I was ready to obey you,
being assured that I was written in the book of your...
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If he, any one among my enemies. (Haydock) --- The Scriptures often
pass from the plural to the singular, (Berthier) to comprise every one
distinctly. (Haydock) --- Yet St. Augustine, &c., read "they...
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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.) hath very fully done it himself; and plainly an...
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Psalms 38
_ Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday_ (_Morning_).
PSALMS 38-40 = _ Day 8_ (_Morning_)....
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_THE SELF-CONSECRATION OF MESSIAH_
‘Then said I, Lo, I come.’
Psalms 40:7
I. WHEN DID CHRIST SAY THESE WORDS?—To what date does ‘then’
refer? No numbers can reckon up the ages back, and no mind can...
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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...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 40 AND 41.
In Psalms 40 then Christ is seen, not only in His passage through the
sorrows which beset His way, if He took up the cause of the
disobedient and guil...
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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 ti...
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Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is] written of
me,
Ver. 7. _Then said I, Lo, I come_] Christ became obedient even to the
death, yea, that of the cross, Philippians 2:8. Christ'...
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_Then_ When I understood and considered thy mind and will therein
expressed, Psalms 40:6, _I said_ within myself, by a firm purpose; or
unto thee, by way of promise, or engagement, _Lo, I come_ If the...
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Then said I, Lo, I come, a solemn announcement of the Messiah's coming
into the world, Malachi 3:1; IN THE VOLUME OF THE BOOK, in the roll of
parchment which is Holy Writ, the one wonderful Book of al...
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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
Hebrew...
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6-10 The psalmist foretells that work of wonder, redemption by our
Lord Jesus Christ. The Substance must come, which is Christ, who must
bring that glory to God, and that grace to man, which it was
i...
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THEN, when I understood and considered thy mind and will therein,
expressed PSALMS 40:6. SAID I; either within myself, by a firm
purpose; or unto thee by way of promise or engagement. LO, I COME. He
m...
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Psalms 40:7 said H559 (H8804) come H935 (H8804) scroll H4039 book
H5612 written H3789 (H8803)
Lo -...
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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 GLAD...
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Psalms 40:7
It is quite evident that the sense which Christ had in His mission to
this world before He came was one of pleasure. And unless you are to
believe that every anticipation of Christ could b...
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Psalms 40:7
I. When did Christ say these words? To what date does "then" refer? No
numbers can reckon up the ages back, and no mind can fathom the depth
of that eternity past since Christ's advent-not...
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Psalms 40:5
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 us very...
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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 and...
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If our hearts are in trouble, as his was who wrote this Psalm, may we
be able to act as wisely and as well as he did, and so obtain a like
deliverance!
Psalms 40:1. _I waited patiently for the LORD;...
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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. If I were to read this Psalm
all through as referring to Christ, and to Christ only, I should be
correct in so doing; but still, there is such a unity between...
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CONTENTS: God's salvation extolled and prayer for deliverance.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: Those who seek God in all their perplexities shall rejoice
and be glad in Him, for He will not only...
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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...
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_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....
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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._
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 40:1. This psalm combines thanks for past
mercies with a new request for God’s help.
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 40:6 Offering sacrifices without faith,
repentance, and obedience is useless (see Psalms 50:8; Psalms
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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 of...
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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 Psalms 40:...
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I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my
cry. He brought me up also out of the horrible pit, out of the miry
clay, he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings ...
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1 Corinthians 15:3; 1 Corinthians 15:4; 1 Peter 1:10; 1 Peter 1:11;...
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Them — These words literally and truly belong to Christ, and the
sense is this; seeing thou requirest a better sacrifice than those of
the law, lo, I offer myself to come, and I will in due time come,...