Psalms 119:70
Gross as fat is their heart; but I take truly delight in thy law.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
In Context
71It is well for me that I have been afflicted, in order that I might learn thy statutes.
Cross References
Psalms 17:10They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
Psalms 73:7Their eyes start out from fatness: they have exceeded their heart's imaginings.
Psalms 119:35Guide me on the path of thy commandments; for therein do I find my delight.
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 →