Psalms 17:10
Their gross heart they have shut tight, with their mouth they speak proudly.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
In Context
9From the wicked that oppress, my deadly enemies, that compass me about.
11At our every step they have now encompassed us; they set their eyes to cast us down to the earth.
Cross References
Exodus 5:2And Pharaoh said: 'Who is the LORD, that I should hearken unto His voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, and moreover I will not let Israel go.'
Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked — thou didst wax fat, thou didst grow thick, thou didst become gross — and he forsook God who made him, and contemned the Rock of his salvation.
Job 15:27Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, and made collops of fat on his loins;
Psalms 31:18(31-19) Let the lying lips be dumb, which speak arrogantly against the righteous, with pride and contempt.
Psalms 119:70Their heart is gross like fat; but I delight in Thy law.
Isaiah 6:10Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they, seeing with their eyes, and hearing with their ears, and understanding with their heart, return, and be healed.'
Matthew Henry on Psalms 17:9-15
Prayer for Protecting Mercy; Character of David's Enemies. 8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, 9 From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. 10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. 11 They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; 12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. 13 Arise, O Lord , disappoint him,… Read the whole commentary →