Psalms 40:10
I have declared thy justice in a great church, lo, I will not restrain my lips : O Lord, thou knowest it.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
9that I should do thy will : O my God, I have desired it, and thy law in the midst of my heart.
Cross References
Psalms 25:10All the ways of the Lord are mercy and truth, to them that seek after his covenant and his testimonies.
Psalms 75:9for in the hand of the Lord there is a cup of strong wine full of mixture. And he hath poured it out from this to that: but the dregs thereof are not emptied: all the sinners of the earth shall drink.
Isaiah 49:6And he said: It is a small thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have given thee to be the light of the Gentiles, that thou mayst be my salvation even to the farthest part of the earth.
Ezekiel 3:17Son of man, I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel: and thou shalt hear the word out of my mouth, and shalt tell it them from me.
Luke 2:30Because my eyes have seen thy salvation,
John 1:17For the law was given by Moses; grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
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 →