Then I say, “Look! I come! What is written in the scroll pertains to me. ¹ 

biblegateway Psa 40:7

Then I said, "Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me.

Then I said, "See, I have come; it is written about me in the volume of the scroll.

Then I said, "I have come! (It is written about me in the scroll of the book.)

biblegateway Psa 40:7

Then I said, "Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll.

Then I said, "Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me:

bibleoremus Psa 40:7

Then I said, "Here I am; in the scroll of the book it is written of me.

Then I said, “Here I am,” as is prescribed for me in a written scroll.

biblegateway Psa 40:7

Then I said, "Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me.

Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is] written of me,

biblegateway Psa 40:7

Then I say, “Look! I come! What is written in the scroll pertains to me. ¹ 

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.