Psalms 40:8
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
†I delight to doe thy will, O my God: yea thy lawe is within my heart.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. in the midst of my bowels.
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- Romans 7:22Rank 1 from verse 8
- Jeremiah 15:16Rank 3 from verse 8
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.
16*†Thy wordes were found, and I did eate them, and thy word was vnto mee, the ioy and reioycing of mine heart: for I am called by thy Name, O LORD God of hostes.
- Psalms 119:16Rank 4 from verse 8
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- Psalms 37:30–31Rank 7 from verse 8
30The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
31The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
30The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisedome; and his tongue talketh of iudgement.
31‖The Law of his God is in his heart: none of his steps shall slide.
- Jeremiah 31:33Rank 8 from verse 8
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.
33*But this shall be the couenant, that I will make with the house of Israel, After those dayes, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts, and wil be their God, and they shall be my people.
- Psalms 119:92Rank 9 from verse 8
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- 2 Corinthians 3:3Rank 12 from verse 8
3Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
3Forasmuch as yee are manifestly declared to be the Epistle of Christ ministred by vs, written not with inke, but with the spirit of the liuing God, not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
- Romans 8:29Rank 14 from verse 8
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Psalms 40:8
Sense 1: To take or give great pleasure or satisfaction. Sense 2: A high degree of pleasure or satisfaction of mind; joy.
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The one true God.
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1. Indeed, marking confirmation, emphasis, addition, continuation, or heightening of what is said; it may also emphasize a question. 2. Yes, expressing an affirmative answer or declaration.
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Sense 1: An authoritative rule, command, ordinance, instruction, standard, or body of requirements. Sense 2: The writings containing such instruction. Sense 3: A governing principle, power, regular order, or civil rule. Sense 4: In family compounds, relationship by marriage.
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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.
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7Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
7Then sayd I, Loe, I come: in the volume of the booke it is written of me:
8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
8†I delight to doe thy will, O my God: yea thy lawe is within my heart.
Selected passage9I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.
9I haue preached righteousnesse in the great congregation: loe, I haue not refrained my lippes, O LORD, thou knowest.