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


In Context

5 Much hast Thou done, Jehovah my God; Thy wonders and Thy thoughts toward us, There is none to arrange unto Thee, I declare and speak: They have been more than to be numbered.

6 Sacrifice and present Thou hast not desired, Ears Thou hast prepared for me, Burnt and sin-offering Thou hast not asked.

7 Then said I, 'Lo, I have come,' In the roll of the book it is written of me,

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

9 I have proclaimed tidings of righteousness In the great assembly, lo, my lips I restrain not, O Jehovah, Thou hast known.

10 Thy righteousness I have not concealed In the midst of my heart, Thy faithfulness and Thy salvation I have told, I have not hidden Thy kindness and Thy truth, To 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 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 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.