Verse
Psalms 40:8 — I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
“I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.”
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The verses around Psalms 40:8.
6Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
7Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
9I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.
10I 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.
Verse explanation
Describes obedience not as a burden, but as genuine delight, with God’s law kept within his heart, not just memorized on the outside.
From the Psalms 40 study in Bible in Stories.
Psalms 40:8 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Deleito-me em fazer a tua vontade, ó Deus meu; sim, a tua lei está dentro do meu coração.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Meu Deus, eu desejo fazer a tua vontade; e tua Lei está no meio dos meus sentimentos.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Dios mío, estoy feliz de hacer tu voluntad, tu ley guía mis pensamientos”.
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