Psalm 40:8 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

⁸ To do thy will I take delight, O thou my God that art; Yea, that most holy law of thine I have within my heart.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ I delight to do thy will, O my God: Yea, thy law is within my heart.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ I delight to do Your will, O my God; yes, Your law is within my heart. [Heb. 10:5-9.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.

Common English Bible

⁸ I want to do your will, my God. Your Instruction is deep within me.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ All my enemies were whispering against me. They were thinking up evils against me.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ All my enemies whispered together against me: they devised evils to me.

Psalm 40:8 Cross References

Psalm 112:1

Praise ye the Lord. The man is bless'd that fears the Lord aright, He who in his commandements doth greatly take delight.

Psalm 119:16

Upon thy statutes my delight shall constantly be set: And, by thy grace, I never will thy holy word forget.

Psalm 119:24

My comfort, and my heart's delight, thy testimonies be; And they, in all my doubts and fears, are counsellors to me.

Psalm 119:47

And will delight myself always in thy laws, which I lov'd.

Psalm 119:92

Unless in thy most perfect law my soul delights had found, I should have perished, when as my troubles did abound.