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Psalms 40:7

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is] written of me,

Psalms 40:7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 40:7

Theological / Devotional

Then said I. When his ear had been opened to understand God’s message (applied in Heb. 10:7 to the Messiah).

Lo, I come. Applied to the Messiah, these words refer to His first advent. In the psalmist’s day the volume (literally, “roll,” that is, a scroll) represented the writings of Moses which predicted the coming of the Messiah (see Gen. 3:15; Deut. 18:15; Luke 24:27).

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