Psalms 40:8

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Psalms 40:8


← Psalms 40:7 Psalms 40:8 (KJV) Psalms 40:9 →
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

I delightH2654 to doH6213 thy willH7522, O my GodH430: yea, thy lawH8451 is withinH8432 my heartH4578.


Original Hebrew

לַעֲשֹׂות־רְצֹונְךָ אֱלֹהַי חָפָצְתִּי וְתֹורָתְךָ בְּתֹוךְ מֵעָי׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
לַֽ/עֲשֽׂוֹת
la./'a.sot- H6213 HR/Vqc to/ do
רְצוֹנְ/ךָ֣
re.tzon./Kha H7522 HNcmsc/Sp2ms will/ your
אֱלֹהַ֣/י
'e.lo.Ha/i H430 HNcmpc/Sp1cs O God/ my
חָפָ֑צְתִּי
cha.Fa.tze.ti H2654 HVqp1cs I desire
וְ֝/ת֥וֹרָתְ/ךָ֗
ve./To.ra.te./kha H8451 HC/Ncfsc/Sp2ms and/ law/ your
בְּ/ת֣וֹךְ
be./Tokh H8432 HR/Ncmsc (is) in/ (the) midst of
מֵעָֽ/י
me.'A/i H4578 HNcmpc/Sp1cs inward parts/ my
Strong's References
  • H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ (ʼĕlôwahh) H433; 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 superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
  • H2654 — חָפֵץ (châphêts, khaw-fates'): a primitive root; properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire; [idiom] any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.
  • H4578 — מֵעֶה (mêʻeh, may-aw'): from an unused root probably meaning to be soft; used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (figuratively); belly, bowels, [idiom] heart, womb.
  • H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
  • H7522 — רָצוֹן (râtsôwn, raw-tsone'): or רָצֹן (râtsôn); from רָצָה (râtsâh) H7521; delight (especially as shown); (be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would.
  • H8432 — תָּוֶךְ (tâvek, taw'-vek): from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre; among(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).
  • H8451 — תּוֹרָה (tôwrâh, to-raw'): or תֹּרָה (tôrâh); from יָרָה (yârâh) H3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch; law.

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