Psalm 40:6-8

My Help and My Deliverer

⁶ _h In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,
but you have given me an open _i ear. ₁
Burnt offering and sin offering
you have not required.
⁷ Then I said, "Behold, I have come;
in the scroll of the book it is written _j of me:
⁸ _k I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is _l within my heart."

1. Cross References
   Psalms 51:16
   For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering.
   1 Samuel 15:22
   And Samuel said, "Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
   Hebrews 10:5 - 7
   Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, "Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me.
   Proverbs 21:3
   To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
   
2. Cross References
   Job 33:16
   Then he opens the ears of men and terrifies them with warnings.
   
3. Cross References
   Luke 24:44
   Then he said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.
   
4. Cross References
   Psalms 119:16
   I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.
   Psalms 119:24
   Your testimonies are my delight; they are my counselors.
   Psalms 119:35
   Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it.
   Psalms 119:92
   If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.
   John 4:34
   Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
   
5. Cross References
   Psalms 37:31
   The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slip.