Seeing Jesus in the Psalms

  Psalm 40 7 Then I said, “Look, I have come. As is written about me in the Scriptures…. Most translators seem consistent in the rendering of this phrase as referring to the “ speaker” being a person who is written about in the scriptures. Commentators disagree, with a large number retranslating the passage and the others declaring that this is a messianic Psalm referring to Jesus. Seeing Jesus as the helper and saviour in verse 17 is easy and it would be no problem to take nearly all of this Psalm as David praying to God (Jesus?). But to what extent does this Psalm express the words, feelings and actions of Jesus? The writer of Hebrews takes verses 6 and 7 of Psalm 40 and attributes them to Jesus. 5 That is why, when Christ came into the world, he said to God, “You did not want animal sacrifices or sin offerings. But you have given me a body to offer. 6 You were not pleased with burnt offerings or other offerings for sin. 7 Then I said, ‘Look, I have come to do your will, O God— a...