Mazmur 40:7

40:7 Then I say,

“Look! I come!

What is written in the scroll pertains to me. ¹ 

Mikha 6:8

6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good,

and what the Lord really wants from you: ² 

He wants you to ³  promote ⁴  justice, to be faithful, ⁵ 

and to live obediently before ⁶  your God.

[40:7]  ¹ tn Heb “in the roll of the scroll it is written concerning me.” Apparently the psalmist refers to the law of God (see v. 8), which contains the commandments God desires him to obey. If this is a distinctly royal psalm, then the psalmist/king may be referring specifically to the regulations of kingship prescribed in Deut 17:14-20. See P. C. Craigie, Psalms 1-50 (WBC), 315.

[6:8]  ² sn What the Lord really wants from you. Now the prophet switches roles and answers the hypothetical worshiper’s question. He makes it clear that the Lord desires proper attitudes more than ritual and sacrifice.

[6:8]  ³ tn Heb “except.” This statement is actually linked with what precedes, “What does he want from you except….”

[6:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “to do,” in the sense of “promote.”

[6:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “to love faithfulness.”

[6:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “to walk humbly [or perhaps, “carefully”] with.”