Psalms 40:8
I delight to do thy will, O my God. Yea, thy law is within my heart.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
In Context
7Then I said, Lo, I have come. In the volume of a book it is written of me.
Cross References
Psalms 37:30The mouth of a righteous man talks of wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
Psalms 119:16I will delight myself in thy statutes. I will not forget thy word.
Psalms 119:47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Proverbs 3:1My son, do not forget my law, but let thy heart keep my commandments.
Jeremiah 31:33But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says LORD: I will give my laws (LXX/NT) in their inward parts, and I will write them (LXX/NT) in their hearts. And I will be their God, and th
Romans 7:22For I delight in the law of God according to the inner man,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 40:7-11
Insufficiency of the Legal Sacrifices; The Efficacy of Christ's Sacrifice. 6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. 9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord , thou knowest. 10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my… Read the whole commentary →