Psalm 40:8

Verse 8. Thy law is within my heart. The law of God is not to be kept in books, but in the midst of our heart, that we may rightly understand the same, admire it, and observe it. Martin Geier.

Verse 8. Thy law is within my heart. The will of God in which Christ delighted, was (as appears by the coherence, and the quotation of Hebrews 10:5 ) that Christ should make his soul an offering for sin, as more acceptable to God than all other burnt offerings and sin offerings. This law was in his heart, ([m $wtb), in the midst of his bowels. He did as much delight in it as we do in following those inclinations which nature has implanted in our hearts, as we do in eating and drinking. So he expresses it John 4:34 , "My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work." He was as willing to bleed and die for thee as thou art to eat when hungry. He was delighted as much to be scourged, wounded, crucified, as thou delightest in meat when most delicious. David Clarkson.

Verse 8. Within my heart, margin, my bowels. The intestines or viscera are here mentioned as the place of the most profound spiritual occupation. Franz Delitzsch.

HINTS FOR PASTORS AND LAYPERSONS

Verse 6-8. The Lord gives an ear to hear his word, a mouth to confess it, a heart to love it, and power to keep it.

Verse 8. To do thy will, O God.