Psalms 119:70
Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I — in Thy law I have delighted.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
In Context
69Forged against me falsehood have the proud, I with the whole heart keep Thy precepts.
71Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.
Cross References
Psalms 17:10Their fat they have closed up, Their mouths have spoken with pride:
Psalms 73:7Their eye hath come out from fat. The imaginations of the heart transgressed;
Psalms 119:35Cause me to tread in the path of Thy commands, For in it I have delighted.
Acts 28:27for made gross was the heart of this people, and with the ears they heard heavily, and their eyes they did close, lest they may see with the eyes, and with the heart may understand, and be turned back, and I may 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 →