Psalms 40:8

“I delight to do thy will, O my God, etc.] This he came down from heaven to do, and this he did do, by preaching the Gospel, and working miracles; and above all by obtaining eternal redemption for his people, which he effected by fulfilling the law, becoming a sacrifice, and suffering and dying in their room; all which were the will of God, and grateful to him, and in doing which Christ took the utmost delight and pleasure, (<430434>John 4:34 <421250>Luke 12:50); yea, thy law [is] within my heart; either the whole moral law, under which he was, as man, and the surety of his people; and which was written upon his heart, and which he perfectly obeyed; or that particular law, injunction, and…”

“I delight to do thy will, O my God - To wit, in obeying the law; in submitting to all the trials appointed to me; in making an atonement for the sins of men. See the notes at Hebrews 10:7. Compare Philippians 2:8; Matthew 26:39. Yea, thy law is within my heart - Margin, “In the midst of my bowels.” So the Hebrew. The idea is, that the law of God was within him. His obedience was not external, but proceeded from the heart. How true this was of the Redeemer it is not necessary here to say. return to 'Top of Page'”

“I delight - This is eminently true, of Christ, and is here observed as an act of heroic obedience, that he not only resolved to do, but delighted in doing the will of God, or what God had commanded him, which was to die, and that a most shameful, and painful, and cursed death. My heart - I do not only understand it, but receive it with heartiest love, delighting both to meditate of it, and to yield obedience to it. Psalms 40:9”

“I delight: Psa 112:1, Psa 119:16, Psa 119:24, Psa 119:47, Psa 119:92; Job 23:12; Jer 15:16; Joh 4:34; Rom 7:22; Rom 8:29 yea: Psa 37:30, Psa 37:31; Pro 3:1; Jer 31:33; Co2 3:3 within my heart: Heb. in the midst of my bowels Psalms 40:9”