Psalms 119:70
Their heart is senseless like fat; But I delight in thy law.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
In Context
69The proud forge lies against me, But I keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
71It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.
Cross References
Psalms 17:10They shut up their hard heart; With their mouth they speak haughtily.
Psalms 73:7From their bosom issueth their iniquity; The designs of their hearts burst forth.
Psalms 119:35Cause me to tread in the path of thy commandments, For in it I have my delight.
Acts 28:27For the heart of this people hath become gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn from their ways, and I should heal them.'”
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 →