Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
To do Thy pleasure, my God, I have delighted, And Thy law is within my heart.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Holman Bible
Your instruction lives within me.”
International Standard Version
I delight to do your will, my God. Your Law is part of my inner being."
A Conservative Version
I delight to do thy will, O my God. Yea, thy law is within my heart.
American Standard Version
I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.
Amplified
“I delight to do Your will, O my God;
Your law is within my heart.”
Bible in Basic English
My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.
Darby Translation
To do thy good pleasure, my God, is my delight, and thy law is within my heart.
Julia Smith Translation
To do thine acceptance, O my God, I delighted; and thy law in the midst of my bowels.
King James 2000
I delight to do your will, O my God: yea, your law is within my heart.
Lexham Expanded Bible
'I delight to do your will, O my God, and your law [is] {deep within me}.'"
Modern King James verseion
I delight to do Your will, O My God; and Your Law is within My heart.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
that I should fulfill thy will, O my God. I am content to do it; yea, thy law is within my heart."
NET Bible
I want to do what pleases you, my God. Your law dominates my thoughts."
New Heart English Bible
I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your Law is within my heart."
The Emphasized Bible
To do thy good-pleasure, O my God, is my delight, And, thy law, is in the midst of mine inward parts:
Webster
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
World English Bible
I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart."
Themes
Ark of the covenant » A type of Christ
Christ, character of » Obedient to God the father
Delight » Delighting yourself in the lord
God » Will of, submission to » The result of inward law
Happiness of saints in this life » Is derived from » Obedience to God
character of the renewed Heart » Filled with the law of God
Jesus Christ » Jesus Christ doing the will of God the father
Joy » Great joy, occasions of » In service
Law » Bondage of » In the heart
the Law of moses » Christ » Fulfilled all precepts of
Offerings » Animal sacrifices » A type of Christ
Service » Immediate, examples of prompt response to the call of duty » Joy in, found by the faithful
Service » Unquestioning » David
The bible » The law part of » In the heart
The Surrendered life » Submission to the divine will » The result of inward law
The Surrendered life » Unquestioning service » David
Types of Christ » Ark of the covenant
Will » God's, submission to » The result of inward law
Topics
Devotionals
Devotionals about Psalm 40:8
Devotionals containing Psalm 40:8
References
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Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 40:8
Images Psalm 40:8
Prayers for Psalm 40:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Thanksgiving And A Cry For Help
7 Then said I, 'Lo, I have come,' In the roll of the book it is written of me, 8 To do Thy pleasure, my God, I have delighted, And Thy law is within my heart. 9 I have proclaimed tidings of righteousness In the great assembly, lo, my lips I restrain not, O Jehovah, Thou hast known.
Phrases
Cross References
John 4:34
Jesus saith to them, 'My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;
Psalm 119:16
In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.
Psalm 119:24
Thy testimonies also are my delight, The men of my counsel!
Psalm 119:92
Unless Thy law were my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction.
Jeremiah 31:33
For 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.
2 Corinthians 3:3
manifested that ye are a letter of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not in the tablets of stone, but in fleshy tablets of the heart,
Job 23:12
The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.
Psalm 37:30-31
The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment.
Psalm 112:1
Praise ye Jah! O the happiness of one fearing Jehovah, In His commands he hath delighted greatly.
Psalm 119:47
And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,
Proverbs 3:1
My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,
Jeremiah 15:16
Thy words have been found, and I eat them, And Thy word is to me for a joy, And for the rejoicing of my heart, For Thy name is called on me, O Jehovah, God of Hosts.
Romans 7:22
for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man,
Romans 8:29
because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;