8I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.


In Context

5 Many, O Jehovah my God, are the wonderful works which thou hast done, And thy thoughts which are to us-ward; They cannot be set in order unto thee; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.

6 Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; Mine ears hast thou opened: Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required.

7 Then said I, Lo, I am come; In the roll of the book it is written of me:

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

9 I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great assembly; Lo, I will not refrain my lips, O Jehovah, thou knowest.

10 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 assembly.

Psalm 40:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

40:8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

40:8I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

40:8that I should do thy will : O my God, I have desired it, and thy law in the midst of my heart.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:8To do thy good pleasure, my God, is my delight, and thy law is within my heart.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

40:8I delight to do thy will, O my God; yea, thy law is within my heart.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

40:8I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

40:8To do Thy pleasure, my God, I have delighted, And Thy law is within my heart.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

40:8I delight to do your will, O my God: yes, your law is within my heart.