Psalms 40:8
I desired to doe thy good will, O my God: yea, thy Lawe is within mine heart.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 come: for in the rolle of the booke it is written of me,
Cross References
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous will speake of wisedome, and his tongue will talke of iudgement.
Psalms 119:16I will delite in thy statutes, and I will not forget thy worde.
Psalms 119:47And my delite shalbe in thy commandements, which I haue loued.
Proverbs 3:1My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.
Jeremiah 31:33But this shall be the couenant that I will make with the house of Israel, After those dayes, saith the Lord, I will put my Lawe in their inward partes, and write it in their hearts, and wil be their God, and they shalbe my people.
Romans 7:22For I delite in the Law of God, concerning the inner 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 →