Psalms 40:8
(40:9) To fulfill thy will, O my God, do I desire; and thy law is within my heart.
Leeser Tanakh
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 come: in the roll of the book it is written down for me;
Cross References
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh what is just.
Psalms 119:16In thy statutes will I seek my delight: I will not forget thy word.
Psalms 119:47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I love.
Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart keep my commandments;
Jeremiah 31:33(31:32) But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord, I place my law in their inward parts, and upon their heart will I write it; and I will be unto them for a God, and they shall be unto me for a 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 →