Psalms 40:9

(40:10) I announce [thy] righteousness in the great assembly: lo, I will not refrain my lips, O Lord, thou well knowest it.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.

In Context

8(40:9) To fulfill thy will, O my God, do I desire; and thy law is within my heart.

10(40:11) Thy righteousness have I never hidden within my heart; thy faithfulness and thy salvation have I spoken of openly: I have not concealed thy kindness and thy truth before the great assembly.

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Cross References

Psalms 22:22(22:23) I will relate thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

Psalms 35:18I will thank thee in the great assembly: among a mighty people will I praise thee.

Psalms 71:15My mouth shall relate thy righteousness, all the day thy salvation; for I know not their numbers.

Psalms 119:171My lips shall utter praise; because thou wilt teach me thy statutes.

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 →

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