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Psalms 40:8 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 40:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 40:88 words
HebrewMeaning
אָ֣זʾāz
thenadvH227
for · from · hitherto · now ···
אָ֭מַרְתִּיʾāmarətiy
I saidverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הִנֵּהhinēh
here!particleH2009
lo · see
בָ֑אתִיbāʾtiy
I have comeverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
בִּ/מְגִלַּתbiməgilat
in the scroll ofpronH4039
volume
סֵ֝֗פֶרsēper
the booknounH5612
book · evidence · learn · letter ···
כָּת֥וּבkātwb
it is writtenverbH3789
record · prescribe · subscribe · write(-ing ···
עָלָֽ/יʿālāy
on mepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 40:8

1. Of all those things which our Lord Jesus Christ has foretold, we know part to have been already accomplished, part we hope will be accomplished hereafter. All of them, however, will be fulfilled, because He is “the Truth” who speaks them, and requires of us to be as “faithful,” as He Himself speaks them faithfully.... 2. Let us say then what this Psalm says. “I waited patiently for the Lord” Psalm 39:1. I waited patiently for the promise of no mere mortal who can both…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 40 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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