Psalms 40:8

2 Corinthians 3:3; Jeremiah 15:16; Jeremiah 31:33; Job 23:12; John 4:34; Proverbs 3:1; Psalms 37:30; Psalms 37:31; Psalms 112:1; Psalms 119:16; Psalms 119:24; Psalms 119:47; Psalms 119:92; Romans 7:22; Romans 8:29

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I delight to do thy will, O my God - To wit, in obeying the law; in submitting to all the trials appointed to me; in making an atonement for the...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XL. A. Psalms 40:1-11 . A Thanksgiving for Deliverance. The Psalmist believes that his own gratitude will give confidence to others. God, he says,...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

delight. Note the double delight ( Isaiah 42:1 . Matthew 3:17 ; Matthew 3:17 ). will . good pleasure. within . in the midst. heart . bowels:...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. To do thy will - God willed not the sacrifices under the law, but he willed th...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Sacrifice and offering, &c.— These three verses, as they may possibly relate to David, who was a a type of Christ, may be thus considered.— Sac...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. I delight to do thy will - ( John 4:34 ; John 6:38 ; John 17:4 .) As t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. falls into two well-marked divisions, which many think to have been originally separate Pss. In Psalms 40:1-11 the writer recalls with tha...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart. Ver. 8. I delight to do thy will, O my God ] To Christ it was his meat and...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I delight to do thy will This also, though in a general sense it may be true of David, and of all God's people, yet, if it be compared with the for...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Insufficiency of the Legal Sacrifices; The Efficacy of Christ's Sacrifice....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

Related Commentaries of Psalms 40:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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