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


In Context

5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.

6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume 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 preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, 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 congregation.

Psalms 40:8 in Other Translations

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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