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Psalm 40:6

The Passion Translation

6 It’s not sacrifices that really move your heart.
Burnt offerings, sin offerings—that’s not what brings you joy.
But when you open my ears and speak deeply to me,
I become your willing servant, your prisoner of love for life.[a]

Footnotes

Psalm 40:6 The Septuagint is “a body you have prepared for me.” The Hebrew says, “You have pierced my ear.” This is a Hebraic reference to being a bond servant whose ear has been pierced by his master to signify a desire to serve for life. See Ex. 21:1-6; Isa. 50:5; Heb. 10:5.

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