Parallel Verses
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:
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."
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."
Youngs Literal Translation
To do Thy pleasure, my God, I have delighted, And Thy 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 am come, In the written scroll, is it prescribed for me; 8 To do thy good-pleasure, O my God, is my delight, And, thy law, is in the midst of mine inward parts: 9 I have told the good-tidings of righteousness in a great convocation, Lo! my lips, do I not restrain, O Yahweh, thou, knowest:
Phrases
Cross References
John 4:34
Jesus saith unto them - My food, is, that I should do the will of him that sent me, and complete, his work.
Psalm 119:16
In thy statutes, will I find my dear delight, I will not forget thy word.
Psalm 119:24
Yea, thy testimonies, are my dear delight, My counsellors.
Psalm 119:92
Had not thy law been my dear delight, then, had I perished in mine affliction.
Jeremiah 31:33
For, 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.
2 Corinthians 3:3
Manifesting yourselves that ye are a letter of Christ, ministered by us, - inscribed - not with ink, but with the Spirit of a Living God, not in tablets of stone, but in tablets which are hearts of flesh.
Job 23:12
The command of his lips, and would not go back, and, in my bosom, have I treasured the words of his lips.
Psalm 37:30-31
The mouth of a righteous man, softly uttereth wisdom, and, his tongue, speaketh justice:
Psalm 112:1
Praise ye Yah! How happy is the man who revereth Yahweh, In his commandments, delighteth he greatly;
Psalm 119:47
That I may find dear delight in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Proverbs 3:1
My son, mine instruction, do not thou forget, and, my commandment, let thy heart observe;
Jeremiah 15:16
Thy words, were found, and I did eat them, Then became thy words unto me the joy and gladness of my heart, - For thy Name hath been called upon me, O Yahweh God of hosts!
Romans 7:22
I have, in fact, a sympathetic pleasure in the law of God; according to the inner man.
Romans 8:29
For, whom he fore-approved, he also fore-appointed to be conformed unto the image of his Son, that he might be firstborn among many brethren, -