Psalms 119:70
Their heart is fatte as grease: but my delite is in thy Lawe.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
In Context
69The proud haue imagined a lie against me: but I wil keepe thy precepts with my whole heart.
71It is good for me that I haue beene afflicted, that I may learne thy statutes.
Cross References
Psalms 17:10They are inclosed in their owne fat, and they haue spoken proudely with their mouth.
Psalms 73:7Their eyes stande out for fatnesse: they haue more then heart can wish.
Psalms 119:35Direct mee in the path of thy commandements: for therein is my delite.
Acts 28:27For the heart of this people is waxed fatte, and their eares are dull of hearing, and with their eyes haue they winked, least they shoulde see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstand with their heartes, and should returne that I might heale 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 →