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Heb 10:8-9. Ἀνώτερον λέγων-τότε εἴρηκεν, Above, when He said-then said He) Paul urges the order of the words of the psalm which depends on the particle, אז, τότε, then, showing that it falls on that very time when the prophet sang the psalm in the character of Christ, and on that very point of time when, immediately after the words, θυσίαν, κ.τ.λ., sacrifice, etc., placed ἀνώτερον, above, in the psalm, there sprang up the words, ἰδοὺ, ἥκω, lo! I come. Therefore אז is altogether demonstrative of the present (comp. אז, τότε, then, Psa 69:5), with an antithesis between the things concerned, from which the wisdom of the apostle infers the first and second, אז, (Heb 10:9); comp.μετὰ, after, ch. Heb 7:28, note. Let this אז be the terminus (the point of boundary between the Old and New Testament). Paul also puts, in the first place, the general word of the LXX., εἶπον, then one more significant, εἴρηκεν; whence it is evident, that λέγων, saying, is of the imperfect tense [when He said, or was saying]. But observe how great authority the Psalms possess. The oath of Jehovah was given at the very time when Psalms 110 was written. The solemn invitation was issued to the people when Psalms 95 was written; ch. Heb 4:7; Heb 7:28, note. The declaration of the Son was made when Psalms 2 was written; Act 13:33, note. So, the Messiah promised to GOD that He would do His will, at the time when Psalms 40 was written. This handwriting, which David executed, is opposed to the law written by Moses; Heb 10:8, at the end. Wherefore Christ always appealed with the greatest force to the Scriptures, and especially at the beginning of His passion.-κατὰ τὸν νόμον, according to the law) The strong argument by which that very point which is asserted in Heb 10:1 is proved from the psalm.