Psalms 40:9
I have published righteousness in the great congregation: behold, I have not withheld my lips, Jehovah, *thou* knowest.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
8To do thy good pleasure, my God, is my delight, and thy law is within my heart.
Cross References
Psalms 22:22I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
Psalms 35:18I will give thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise thee among much people.
Psalms 71:15My mouth shall declare thy righteousness, [and] thy salvation all the day: for I know not the numbers [thereof].
Psalms 119:171My lips shall pour forth praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
Jeremiah 31:33For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and will write it in their heart; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Luke 4:16And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up; and he entered, according to his custom, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read.
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 →