Psalms 40:9
that I should do thy will : O my God, I have desired it, and thy law in the midst of my heart.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
8then said I, Behold I come. In the head of the book it is written of me
Cross References
Psalms 22:22Save me from the lion's mouth; and my lowness from the horns of the unicorns.
Psalms 35:18I will give thanks to thee in a great church; I will praise thee in a strong people.
Psalms 71:15My mouth shall shew forth thy justice; thy salvation all the day long. Because I have not knows learning,
Jeremiah 31:33Not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt: the covenant which they made void, and I had dominion over them, saith the Lord.
Luke 4:16And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up: and he went into the synagogue, according to his custom, on the sabbath day; and he rose 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 →