HEBREWS—NOTE ON Hebrews 10:5 The quotation is from Psalms 40:6, a psalm applied here to the Messiah. David and the other OT authors knew that God desired faithful hearts and lives, not mere performance of sacrificial rituals (see Hosea 6:6). The psalm prophesies the coming of one who will do God’s will, and God’s preparation of a human body for that person. a body have you prepared for me. The esv translates the corresponding phrase in Psalms 40:6 as, “you have given me an open ear.” The translators of the Greek version of the OT (Septuagint) and the author of Hebrews 1:1 understood this Hebrew metaphor to mean the physical creation of a person’s body.

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