Psalms 40:8
To do Thy pleasure, my God, I have delighted, And Thy law [is] within my heart.
Young's Literal Translation
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 have come,' In the roll of the book it is written of me,
Cross References
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment.
Psalms 119:16In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.
Psalms 119:47And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,
Proverbs 3:1My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,
Jeremiah 31:33For this [is] the covenant that I make, With the house of Israel, after those days, An affirmation of Jehovah, I have given My law in their inward part, And on their heart I do write it, And I have been to them for God, And they are to me for a people.
Romans 7:22for I delight in the law of God according 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 →