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To doלַעֲשׂוֹתyour will,רְצוֹנְךָmy Elohim,אֱלֹהַיI have desired,חָפָצְתִּיand your instructionוְתוֹרָתְךָis withinבְּתוֹךְmy inward parts.”מֵעָי
Psalms 40:8
Study it in the app“To do your will, my Elohim, I have desired, and your instruction is within my inward parts.””
The psalmist says his delight is to do God's willGod guides
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 40:8, word by word
- To doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears- your willרְצוֹנְretson
will
What one decides as one likes.
Where else “retson” appears- my Elohimאֱלֹהַeloha
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “eloha” appears- I have desiredחָפָצְתִּיchafatsti
desire
To wish for something, be willing.
Where else “chafatsti” appears- and your instructionתוֹרָתְtorat
teaching of YHWH
What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.
Where else “torat” appears- is withinתוֹךְtoch
inside
The inside of a place or an enclosed space.
Where else “toch” appears- my inward partsמֵעָmea
compassion
What is felt inside: pain, anguish or compassion felt in the bowels.
Where else “mea” appears
The context
7Then I said, “Look, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me.
8 · This verse (above)
9I have proclaimed the good news of righteousness in the great assembly; look, my lips I will not restrain; YHWH, you know it.