Psalms 40:9
I have published righteousness in the great congregation; lo, I will not refrain my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
8I delight to do thy will, O my God; yea, thy law is within my heart.
Cross References
Psalms 22:22I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
Psalms 35:18I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
Psalms 71:15My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, and of thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
Psalms 119:171Let my lips utter praise; for thou teachest me thy statutes.
Jeremiah 31:33But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the LORD; I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:
Luke 4:16And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and he entered, as his custom was, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read.
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 →