The Meaning of Psalm 40:7
From Psalms: Layer by Layer
Introduction
Argument Maps
Conclusion
Research
Translations
Ancient
- LXX: θυσίαν καὶ προσφορὰν οὐκ ἠθέλησας, ὠτία δὲ κατηρτίσω μοι, ὁλοκαύτωμα καὶ περὶ ἁμαρτίας οὐκ ᾔτησας.[Rahlfs https://archive.org/details/PsalmiCumOdis/page/n145/mode/2up?view=theater 1931, 143.]
Septuaginta: With Morphology (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 1996), Ps 39:7.
- "Sacrifice and offering you did not want, but ears you fashioned for me. Whole burnt offering and one for sin you did not request."[NETS https://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/nets/edition/24-ps-nets.pdf]
- Targum: ניכסא ודורונא לא צביתא אודנין לאצתא פורקנך כריתא לי עלתא וקורבן חטתא לא שיילתא׃
- "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire; ears to listen to your commandments you have dug for me; burnt offering and sin offering for transgressions you have not required."[Stec https://archive.org/details/targumofpsalms0000unse/page/84/mode/2up 2004:85.]
- Peshitta:
- "In sacrifices and offerings you have not taken pleasure; but you have pierced my ears. Whole burnt offerings for sin you have not required."[Taylor 2021, 155.]
Modern
Secondary Literature
References
40:7