He; Christ.

Sacrifice and offering; such as were presented under the law God no longer desired, Psalms 40:6-8; a psalm which had its fulfilment in David only in a lower and typical way, but was prefectly fulfilled in Christ the great antitype.

But a body has thou prepared me; the quotation is made from the Greek version of the Seventy. The Hebrew is, "Mine ears hast thou opened," that is, to hear and do thy will. How the difference has arisen is not known. But in both the essential idea is, that the Messiah makes a perfect devotion of himself to the Father to do his will.

Continues after advertising
Continues after advertising

Old Testament