Psalms 40:8 · KJV
“I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law {is} within my heart. {within...: Heb. in the midst of my bowels}”
— Psalms 40:8
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book {it is} written of me,
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
Psalms 40 — Context
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. {opened: Heb. digged}
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. {within...: Heb. in the midst of my bowels}
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
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
John 4:34
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
Jeremiah 15:16
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. {I am...: Heb. thy name is called upon me}
Psalms 119:24
Thy testimonies also {are} my delight {and} my counsellors. {my counsellors: Heb. men of my counsel}
Psalms 119:16
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Psalms 119:47
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Psalms 37:30-31
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Jeremiah 31:33
But this {shall be} 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 write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.