(strict) acceptation of the term, body. The ears are a part : the body, as a whole, follows the example of their obedience. Thou hast prepared for me a body, viz. for the offering ; ver. 10. The mentioning of the whole here is very suitable. There is an expression of Paul, concerning the body of Christ, very similar to this, Rom. vii. 4.
7. ToVg, then) We shall speak of this particle at ver. 8. The parallels are, then ; I am come ; in the book : and corresponding, / said ; of Me ; it has been written. — TJXW, I am here at hand, I am come) It corresponds to the Hebrew preterite, TI&O.1 The verb, %KU, is treated of at Rev. ii. 25. — sv xepulJdi /3//3>Jou TO.I <rrspi 1/^oD, in the volume of the book it is written of Me) "IBD, LXX., xepaX/g (3i(3\iou here, and Ezek. ii. 9. rfeilD is rendered by the same translators xepaX/c, Ezek. iii. 1, 2, Ezra vi. 2. This phrase (nomenclature) cannot be understood of any particular part of the Pentateuch (for, except it, no other prophetical writings, to which the psalm might seem to refer, existed in the time of David), for many, nay, all the parts, treat of Christ ; nor can it be understood of the whole Pentateuch, for although the whole volume of the law is often quoted, yet it never re ceives this appellation. Moreover, the sacrifices in this passage are called TO npurov, the first, ver. 9 : wherefore the volume of the book does not denote the book which contained the very ac count also of the sacrifices heretofore offered. Also, the Divine
1 / come, or rather, / have come, was the creed (symbolum), as it were, of the Lord Jesus. I am come, says He, to fulfil the law, Matt. v. 17 : to preach, Mark i. 38 : to call sinners to repentance, Luke v. 32 : to send a sword, and to set men at variance, Mutt. x. 34, 35 : I have come down from heaven to do the will of Him that sent Me, John vi. 38, 39. These are the very words of the fortieth Psalm. / am sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, Matt. xv. 24 : / am come into this world for judg ment, John ix. 39 : / have come that they may have life, and may have it more abundantly, John x. 10 : to save what had been lost, Matt, xviii. 11 : to save men's lives, Luke ix, 56 : to send fire on the earth, Luke xii. 49 : to minister, Matt. xx. 28 : to seek and to save that which was lost, Luke xix. 10, comp. with 1 Tim. i. 15 : I am come into the world the Light, John xii. 46, etc. : to bear witness to the truth, ch. xviii. 37. See, Reader, that thy Saviour obtain what He aimed at in thy case. But do thou, for thy part, say why thou art come here. Dost thou, then, also do the will of God? from what time ? and in what way ? — V. g.