5 Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count. 6 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require. 7 Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll:
Psalms 40:5–7
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Hebrews 10:6–8
6 In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight. 7 Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’” 8 In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not…
Psalms 51:15–17
15 O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise. 16 For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
Psalms 50:7–9
7 “Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your God. 8 I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me. 9 I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
Psalms 139:15–17
15 My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be. 17 How precious to me are You…
Psalms 71:14–16
14 But I will always hope and will praise You more and more. 15 My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure. 16 I will enter in the strength of the Lord GOD; I will proclaim Your righteousness—Yours a…
1 Clement 18:12–14
12 Lord, Thou shalt open my mouth, and my lips shall declare Thy praise. (1CL) 13 For, if Thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would have given it: in whole burnt offerings Thou wilt have no pleasure. (1CL) 14 A sacrifice unto God is a contrite spirit; a contrite and humbled heart God w… (1CL)
Psalms 139:3–5
3 You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways. 4 Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD. 5 You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.
2 Samuel 7:19–21
19 And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, You have also spoken about the future of the house of Your servant. Is this Your custom with man, O Lord GOD? 20 What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD. 21 For the sake of Your…
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