Psalm 40:8
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I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
In other translations
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Romans 7:22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
- John 4:34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
- Jeremiah 15:16Thy 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.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 119:16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.I will delight in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
- Psalm 119:24Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.Your testimonies are indeed my delight; they are my counselors.
- Psalm 119:47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.I delight in Your commandments because I love them.
- Jeremiah 31:33But 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.“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.
- Psalm 37:30-3130 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. 31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.30 The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice. 31 The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not falter.
- Psalm 119:92Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
- Psalm 112:1Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
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