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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 40, Verse 8

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Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is] written of me,
King James Version
I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.
American Standard Version
I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.
New English Translation
I want to do what pleases you, my God. Your law dominates my thoughts.”
World English Bible
I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart."
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I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
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I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
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Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
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For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
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Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
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Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
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Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
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Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
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But I [am] poor and needy; [yet] the Lord thinketh upon me: thou [art] my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. Blessed [is] he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.