Psalm 40:8 “I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.””

Psalm 40:8

I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.”

American Standard Version

I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.

Geneva Bible 1599

I desired to doe thy good will, O my God: yea, thy Lawe is within mine heart.

Darby Translation

To do thy good pleasure, my God, is my delight, and thy law is within my heart.

Young's Literal Translation

To do Thy pleasure, my God, I have delighted, And Thy 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.

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Cross references

“I delight”

Romans 7:22 John 4:34 Jeremiah 15:16 Psalm 119:16 Psalm 119:24 Psalm 119:47

Romans 7:22 · BSB

For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.

John 4:34 · BSB

Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

Jeremiah 15:16 · BSB

Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.

Psalm 119:16 · BSB

I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.

Psalm 119:24 · BSB

Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.

Psalm 119:47 · BSB

I delight in Your commandments because I love them.

“yea”

Jeremiah 31:33 Proverbs 3:1 2 Corinthians 3:3 Psalm 37:30 Psalm 37:31

Jeremiah 31:33 · BSB

“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

Proverbs 3:1 · BSB

My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;

2 Corinthians 3:3 · BSB

It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

Psalm 37:30 · BSB

The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

Psalm 37:31 · BSB

The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not falter.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7Then I said, “Here I am, I have come— it is written about me in the scroll:

9I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; behold, I do not seal my lips, as You, O LORD, do know.

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