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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.

9I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great assembly. Lo, I will not refrain my lips. O LORD, thou know.

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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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)Polish Biblia Gdanska (1881)Statenvertaling (Nederlands)

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