Psalms 119:70
Their hearts are shut up with fat; but my delight is in your law.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
In Context
69The men of pride have said false things about me; but I will keep your orders in my heart.
71It is good for me to have been through trouble; so that I might come to the knowledge of your rules.
Cross References
Psalms 17:10They are shut up in their fat: with their mouths they say words of pride.
Psalms 73:7Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire.
Psalms 119:35Make me go in the way of your teachings; for they are my delight.
Acts 28:27For the heart of this people has become fat and their ears are slow in hearing and their eyes are shut; for fear that they might see with their eyes and give hearing with their ears and become wise in their hearts and be turned again to me, so that I might make them well.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:70-71
69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. 70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law. David here tells us how he was affected as to the proud and wicked people that were about him. 1. He did not fear their malice, nor was he by it deterred from his duty: They have forged a lie against me. Thus they aimed to take away his good name. Nay, all we have in the world, even life itself, may be brought into danger by those who make no conscience of… Read the whole commentary →