Psalms 119:70
Their heart is gross like fat, but I delight in your law.
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In The King James Version
Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
In Context
69The proud have forged lies against me, but I keep your precepts with all my heart.
71It was good for me to be humbled, that I should learn your statutes.
Cross References
Psalms 17:10They have closed their hearts to pity, the words of their mouths are haughty.
Psalms 73:7their eyes stand out with fatness, their heart swells with riotous fancies.
Psalms 119:35Guide me in the path of your commandments, for therein do I delight.
Acts 28:27For the mind of this nation has grown dense, and their ears are dull of hearing, their eyes also have they closed; otherwise some day they might see with their eyes, and with their ears they might hear, and in their mind they might understand, and might turn – and I might 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 →