Psalms 40:9 · KJV
“I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.”
— Psalms 40:9
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law {is} within my heart. {within...: Heb. in the midst of my bowels}
I 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.
Psalms 40 — Context
Then 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.
11Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
Cross References
Psalms 22:25
My praise {shall be} of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
Mark 16:15-16
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Psalms 71:15-18
My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness {and} thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers {thereof}.
Psalms 22:22
I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
Psalms 35:18
I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. {much: Heb. strong}
Psalms 119:13
With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
Hebrews 2:12
Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
Luke 4:16-22
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.