Psalms 119:16

119:16 I find delight ¹  in your statutes;

I do not forget your instructions. ² 

Psalms 119:35

119:35 Guide me ³  in the path of your commands,

for I delight to walk in it. ⁴ 

Psalms 40:8

40:8 I want to do what pleases you, ⁵  my God.

Your law dominates my thoughts.” ⁶ 

Romans 7:22

7:22 For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.

[119:16]  ¹ tn The imperfects in this verse emphasize the attitude the psalmist maintains toward God’s law. Another option is to translate with the future tense, “I will find delight…I will not forget.”

[119:16]  ² tn Heb “your word.” Many medieval Hebrew mss as well as the LXX read the plural here.

[119:35]  ³ tn Or “make me walk.”

[119:35]  ⁴ tn Heb “for in it I delight.”

[40:8]  ⁵ tn Or “your will.”

[40:8]  ⁶ 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.