Psalms 40:8
To do thy good-pleasure, O my God, is my delight, And, thy law, is in the midst of mine inward parts:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 am come, In the written scroll, is it prescribed for me;
Cross References
Psalms 37:30The mouth of a righteous man, softly uttereth wisdom, and, his tongue, speaketh justice:
Psalms 119:16In thy statutes, will I find my dear delight, I will not forget thy word.
Psalms 119:47That I may find dear delight in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Proverbs 3:1My son, mine instruction, do not thou forget, and, my commandment, let thy heart observe;
Jeremiah 31:33For, this, is the covenant which I will solemnize with the house of Israel after those days Declareth Yahweh, I will put my law within them, Yea, on their heart, will I write it,—So will I become their God, And they shall become my people.
Romans 7:22I have, in fact, a sympathetic pleasure in the law of God; according to 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 →