Psalms 40:8
(40-9) I delight to do Thy will, O my God; yea, Thy law is in my inmost parts.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
In Context
7(40-8) Then said I: 'Lo, I am come with the roll of a book which is prescribed for me;
Cross References
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh 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, forget not my teaching; 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 the LORD, 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;
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 →