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7Then said{H8804)} I, Lo, I come{H8804)}: in the volume of the book it is written{H8803)} of me,

Psalms 40:7

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Then said I, Lo, I come(in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. …

  • And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.

  • Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

  • And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.

  • For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 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, an…

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