Psalms 40:8
O my God! to do thy will is my delight, And thy law dwelleth in my heart!”
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
In Context
7Therefore I said, “Lo, I come; In the scroll of the book it is prescribed to me;
Cross References
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh what is right.
Psalms 119:16I delight myself in thy statutes; I do not forget thy word.
Psalms 119:47I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I love;
Proverbs 3:1My son, forget not my teaching, And let thy heart observe my precepts!
Jeremiah 31:33But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel: After those days, saith Jehovah, I will put my law into their inward parts, And upon their hearts 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, as to 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 →