Psalms 119:70
Gross, like fat, is their heart, I, in thy law, have found dear delight.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
In Context
69Insolent men have plastered falsehood over me, I, with a whole heart, will observe thy precepts.
71It is, well for me, that I was afflicted, That I might learn thy statutes.
Cross References
Psalms 17:10Their own fat [heart], have they shut up,—With their mouth, have they spoken proudly.
Psalms 73:7Their iniquity, hath proceeded from fatness, They have surpassed the imaginations of the heart;
Psalms 119:35Guide me in the path of thy commandments, for, therein, do I find pleasure.
Acts 28:27For the heart of this people, hath become dense, and, with their ears, heavily, have they heard, and, their eyes, have they closed,—lest once they should see with their eyes, and, with their ears, should hear, and, with their hearts, should understand, and return,—when I would certainly 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 →