Psalms 119:70

Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
heart	לִבָּ֑ם li.Bam	H3820	the heart · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
fat	טָפַ֣שׁ ta.Fash	H2954	properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
grease	כַּחֵ֣לֶב ka.Che.lev	H2459	fat · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
delight	שִֽׁעֲשָֽׁעְתִּי Shi.'a.Sha.'e.ti	H8173	(in a good acceptation) to look upon (with complacency) · verb, piel perfect, 1st person common singular
law	תּוֹרָתְךָ֥ to.ra.te.Kha	H8451	a precept or statute · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Psalms 17:10 They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
Acts 28:27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with…
Psalms 73:7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
Psalms 119:16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Isaiah 6:10 Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears,…
Psalms 40:8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
Psalms 119:35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
Romans 7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:69-70

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 forging a lie. Those that were proud envied David's reputation, because it eclipsed them, and therefore did all they could to blemish him. They took a pride in trampling upon him. They therefore persuaded themselves it was no sin to tell a deliberate lie if it might but expose him to contempt. Their wicked wit forged lies, invented storied…

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John Gill on Psalms 119:70

Their heart is as fat as grease,.... Or tallow, a lump of it, fat or grease congealed. That is, the heart of the above proud persons, who abounded in riches, were glutted with the things of this world; had more than heart could wish, and so became proud and haughty: or their hearts were gross, sottish, senseless, and stupid, as persons fat at heart are; or as creatures over fat, which have little or no feeling: so these had no knowledge of the law of God, no sense of their duty, no remorse of conscience for sin; their hearts were hardened, and they past feeling, and given up to a reprobate mind; see Isaiah 6:9; The Targum is, "the imagination of their heart is become gross as fat:'' the Se…

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John Calvin on Psalms 119:65-72

Psalm 119:65-72 t 65. O Jehovah! thou hast done good to thud servant, according to thy word. t 66. Teach, thee goodness of taste and knowledge: for I have believed the commandments. t 67. Before I was brought low I went astray: but now I keep thy word. t 68. Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. t 69. The proud have weaved lies against me: but I will keel, thy statutes with my whole heart. t 70. Their heart is fat as grease: but I delight in thy law. t 71. It has been good for me that I was affected; that I might learn thy statutes. t 72. The law of thy mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver. 65. O Jehovah! thou hast done good to thy servant. Some understan…

The Church Fathers

"Their heart is curdled as milk" [Psalm 119:70]. Whose, save the proud, whose iniquity he hath said hath been multiplied upon him? But he wisheth it to be understood by this word, and in this passage, that their heart hath become hard. It is used also in a good sense, and is understood to mean, full of grace: for this word, some have also interpreted "curdled." ...
— Augustine of Hippo, ON THE PSALMS, Psalm 119

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Dictionary and topics

Poetry — Has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon,…
Pride · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

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Psalms 119:70

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:69-70

John Gill on Psalms 119:70

John Calvin on Psalms 119:65-72

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 119:70

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:69-70

John Gill on Psalms 119:70

John Calvin on Psalms 119:65-72

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 119:65-72

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 119:65-72