Psalms 40:8
I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.
American Standard 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 said I, Lo, I am come; In the roll of the book it is written of me:
Cross References
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom, And his tongue speaketh justice.
Psalms 119:16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. GIMEL.
Psalms 119:47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.
Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not 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, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
Romans 7:22For I delight in the law of God after the inward 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 →