Psalms 40:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus saith to them, `My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;
  • Jer 31:33 : 33 For this `is' the covenant that I make, With the house of Israel, after those days, An affirmation of Jehovah, I have given My law in their inward part, And on their heart I do write it, And I have been to them for God, And they are to me for a people.
  • Ps 119:24 : 24 Thy testimonies also `are' my delight, The men of my counsel!
  • Ps 119:47 : 47 And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,
  • Ps 119:92 : 92 Unless Thy law `were' my delights, Then had I perished in mine affliction.
  • Jer 15:16 : 16 Thy words have been found, and I eat them, And Thy word is to me for a joy, And for the rejoicing of my heart, For Thy name is called on me, O Jehovah, God of Hosts.
  • Rom 7:22 : 22 for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man,
  • Ps 119:16 : 16 In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.
  • Ps 37:30-31 : 30 The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment. 31 The law of his God `is' his heart, His steps do not slide.
  • Ps 112:1 : 1 Praise ye Jah! O the happiness of one fearing Jehovah, In His commands he hath delighted greatly.
  • 2 Cor 3:3 : 3 manifested that ye are a letter of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not in the tablets of stone, but in fleshy tablets of the heart,

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  • Ps 40:6-7
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    6Sacrifice and present Thou hast not desired, Ears Thou hast prepared for me, Burnt and sin-offering Thou hast not asked.

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

  • Heb 10:6-9
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    6in burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-offerings, Thou didst not delight,

    7then I said, Lo, I come, (in a volume of the book it hath been written concerning me,) to do, O God, Thy will;'

    8saying above -- `Sacrifice, and offering, and burnt-offerings, and concerning sin-offering Thou didst not will, nor delight in,' -- which according to the law are offered --

    9then he said, `Lo, I come to do, O God, Thy will;' he doth take away the first that the second he may establish;

  • Rom 7:22
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    22for I delight in the law of God according to the inward man,

  • Ps 119:47
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    47And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,

  • Ps 40:9-10
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    76%

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

    10Thy 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.

  • Ps 119:174
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    174I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law `is' my delight.

  • Ps 119:34-35
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    34Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.

    35Cause me to tread in the path of Thy commands, For in it I have delighted.

  • Ps 119:16
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    16In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.

  • Ps 119:69-70
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    69Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.

    70Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I -- in Thy law I have delighted.

  • Ps 119:77
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    77Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law `is' my delight.

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    4And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

  • Ps 119:142-143
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    142Thy righteousness `is' righteousness to the age, And Thy law `is' truth.

    143Adversity and distress have found me, Thy commands `are' my delights.

  • Ps 119:10-11
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    10With all my heart I have sought Thee, Let me not err from Thy commands.

    11In my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.

  • Heb 10:16
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    16`This `is' the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, giving My laws on their hearts, and upon their minds I will write them,'

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    112I have inclined my heart To do Thy statutes, to the age -- `to' the end!

  • Ps 119:97
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    97`Mem.' O how I have loved Thy law! All the day it `is' my meditation.

  • Isa 42:21
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    21Jehovah hath delight for the sake of His righteousness, He magnifieth law, and maketh honourable.

  • Ps 143:10
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    10Teach me to do Thy good pleasure, For Thou `art' my God -- Thy Spirit `is' good, Lead me into a land of uprightness.

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    4And I go in unto the altar of God, Unto God, the joy of my rejoicing. And I thank Thee with a harp, O God, my God.

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    40Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,

  • Heb 8:10
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    10because this `is' the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, after those days, saith the Lord, giving My laws into their mind, and upon their hearts I will write them, and I will be to them for a God, and they shall be to Me for a people;

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    7Prepared is my heart, O God, Prepared is my heart, I sing and praise.

  • Ps 45:1
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  • Ps 1:2
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    2But -- in the law of Jehovah `is' his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night:

  • 2 Sam 15:26
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    26and if thus He say, I have not delighted in thee; here `am' I, He doth to me as `is' good in His eyes.'

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    3For the holy ones who `are' in the land, And the honourable, all my delight `is' in them.

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    127Therefore I have loved Thy commands Above gold -- even fine gold.

  • 2 Sam 22:20
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    20And He bringeth me out to a large place, He draweth me out for He delighted in me.

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  • 1 Chr 29:17
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    17`And I have known, my God, that Thou art trying the heart, and uprightness dost desire; I, in the uprightness of my heart, have willingly offered all these: and now, Thy people who are found here I have seen with joy to offer willingly to Thee.

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    34Sweet is my meditation on Him, I -- I do rejoice in Jehovah.

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    45And I walk habitually in a broad place, For Thy precepts I have sought.

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    1A Song, a Psalm of David. Prepared is my heart, O God, I sing, yea, I sing praise, also my honour.

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    7I confess Thee with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Thy righteousness.

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    14In the way of Thy testimonies I have joyed, As over all wealth.

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    24Thy testimonies also `are' my delight, The men of my counsel!

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    31The law of his God `is' his heart, His steps do not slide.

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    19And He bringeth me forth to a large place, He draweth me out, because He delighted in me.

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    12I confess Thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And I honour Thy name to the age.