Psalms 119:70
טָפַשׁ כַּחֵלֶב לִבָּם אֲנִי תּוֹרָתְךָ שִֽׁעֲשָֽׁעְתִּי ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
In Context
69טָפְלוּ עָלַי שֶׁקֶר זֵדִים אֲנִי בְּכָל ־ לֵב ׀ אֱצֹּר פִּקּוּדֶֽיךָ ׃
71טֽוֹב ־ לִי כִֽי ־ עֻנֵּיתִי לְמַעַן אֶלְמַד חֻקֶּֽיךָ ׃
Cross References
Psalms 17:10חֶלְבָּמוֹ סָּגְרוּ פִּימוֹ דִּבְּרוּ בְגֵאֽוּת ׃
Psalms 73:7יָצָא מֵחֵלֶב עֵינֵמוֹ עָבְרוּ מַשְׂכִּיּוֹת לֵבָֽב ׃
Psalms 119:35הַדְרִיכֵנִי בִּנְתִיב מִצְוֺתֶיךָ כִּי ־ בוֹ חָפָֽצְתִּי ׃
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 →