Psalm 40:8

Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data

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

Word-by-Word Analysis

I

חָפֵץ

châphêts

H2654

properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire

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to do thy will O my

אֱלֹהִים

ʼĕlôhîym

H430

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of...

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אִלּוּ

ʼillûw

H432

nay, i.e. (softened) if

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thy

תּוֹרָה

tôwrâh

H8451

a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch

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תָּוֶךְ

tâvek

H8432

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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my

לֵב

lêb

H3820

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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Key Terms in This Verse

delight H2654

חָפֵץ châphêts

properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire

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within H8432

תָּוֶךְ tâvek

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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yea H432

אִלּוּ ʼillûw

nay, i.e. (softened) if

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law H8451

תּוֹרָה tôwrâh

a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch

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heart H3820

לֵב lêb

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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God H430

אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a supe...

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Cross References

Romans 7:22 cross-reference

For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

John 4:34 cross-reference

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

Jeremiah 15:16 cross-reference

Thy 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.

Psalm 119:16 cross-reference

I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

Psalm 119:24 cross-reference

Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.

Psalm 119:47 cross-reference

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

Jeremiah 31:33 cross-reference

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...

Psalm 119:92 cross-reference

Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.

Proverbs 3:1 cross-reference

My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

Psalm 112:1 cross-reference

Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

2 Corinthians 3:3 cross-reference

Forasmuch 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 h...

Job 23:12 cross-reference

Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Romans 8:29 cross-reference

For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.

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