Psalms 40:8 KJV

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

Thou and Ye

  • thy one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Christ's work of redemptionThe psalmist foretells that work of wonder, redemption by our Lord Jesus Christ. The Substance must come, which is Christ, who must bring that glory to God,...

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Cross References

  • John 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
  • Jeremiah 31:33 But 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.
  • Psalms 119:24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
  • Psalms 119:47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
  • Psalms 119:92 Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

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Bible Dictionary

  • God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • I delight חָפָצְתִּי ḥāpāṣĕttî חָפֵץ Verb · qal perfect, first person common singular
  • to do לַעֲשׂוֹת laʿăśôt עָשָׂה Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
  • thy will רְצוֹנְךָ rĕṣônĕkā רָצוֹן Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular
  • O my God אֱלֹהַי ʾĕlōhay אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: first person common singular
  • yea, thy law וְתוֹרָתְךָ wĕtôrotkā תּוֹרָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with and, suffix: second person masculine singular
  • within בְּתוֹךְ bĕtôk תָּוֶךְ Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition
  • my heart מֵעָי mēʿāy מֵעֶה Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: first person common singular

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