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Psalm 40:8 KJV
Psalms · chapter 40 · verse 8 · King James Version
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.Psalm 40:8 · King James Version
Psalm 40:8 in context
6Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
7Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
9I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
10I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
Cross references
- Romans 7:22
- John 4:34
- Jeremiah 15:16
- Psalms 119:24
- Psalms 119:16
- Psalms 119:47
- Psalms 37:30-31
- Jeremiah 31:33
Key words (Strong's)
- delightchâphêtsproperly, to incline toH2654 →
- withintâveka bisectionH8432 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
- lawtôwrâha precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or PentateuchH8451 →
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