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Psalm 40:8-10
New English Translation
Psalm 40:8-10
New English Translation
8 I want to do what pleases you,[a] my God.
Your law dominates my thoughts.”[b]
9 I have told the great assembly[c] about your justice.[d]
Look, I spare no words.[e]
O Lord, you know this is true.
10 I have not failed to tell about your justice;[f]
I spoke about your reliability and deliverance.
I have not neglected to tell the great assembly about your loyal love and faithfulness.[g]
Footnotes
- Psalm 40:8 tn Or “your will.”
- Psalm 40:8 tn Heb “your law [is] in the midst of my inner parts.” The “inner parts” are viewed here as the seat of the psalmist’s thought life and moral decision making.
- Psalm 40:9 sn The great assembly is also mentioned in Pss 22:25 and 35:18.
- Psalm 40:9 tn Heb “I proclaim justice in the great assembly.” Though “justice” appears without a pronoun here, the Lord’s just acts are in view (see v. 10). His “justice” (צֶדֶק, tsedeq) is here the deliverance that originates in his justice; he protects and vindicates the one whose cause is just.
- Psalm 40:9 tn Heb “Look! My lips I do not restrain.”
- Psalm 40:10 tn Heb “your justice I have not hidden in the midst of my heart.”
- Psalm 40:10 tn Heb “I have not hidden your loyal love and reliability.”
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