Mazmur 40:8

40:8 I want to do what pleases you, ¹  my God.

Your law dominates my thoughts.” ² 

Mazmur 119:11

119:11 In my heart I store up ³  your words, ⁴ 

so I might not sin against you.

[40:8]  ¹ tn Or “your will.”

[40:8]  ² 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.

[119:11]  ³ tn Or “hide.”

[119:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “your word.” Some medieval Hebrew mss as well as the LXX read the plural, “your words.”