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Psalms 119:70
70Those people do not understand anything, but your Law makes me very happy.
Psalms 119:70 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
- New International Version (NIV)Their hearts are callous and unfeeling, but I delight in your law.
- English Standard Version (ESV)their heart is unfeeling like fat, but I delight in your law.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Their heart is as fat as grease, But I delight in Your law.
Context of Psalms 119:70
68You are good and you do good things. So please teach me your laws. 69Proud people have told many lies against me, but I love to obey your rules. Those people do not understand anything, but your Law makes me very happy. 71When I suffered, it was good for me. It helped me to learn your commands. 72The rules that you have taught me are very valuable. They are more valuable to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:70 word by word
טָפַ֣שׁ כַּחֵ֣לֶב לִבָּ֑ם אֲ֝נִ֗י תּוֹרָתְךָ֥ שִֽׁעֲשָֽׁעְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:70
- Psalms 17:10They refuse to be kind to anyone. They speak proud words.
- Psalms 73:7Their greedy eyes lead them into sin. Their minds think of evil things to do.
- Isaiah 6:10Make them refuse to understand. Cause their ears to be deaf and their eyes to be blind. If you do not do that, they might use their eyes to see. They might use their ears to listen. They might use their minds to understand. Then they might turn back to me so that I would make them well again.’
- Acts 28:27These people do not really want to understand. They are like people who have shut their ears. They are like people who have shut their eyes. If they did want to look, then they would really see. If they did want to listen, then they would really hear. They would understand my message. They would turn back to me and they would obey me. Then I would forgive them and I would make them well.” ’
- Psalms 119:16Your laws make me very happy. I will not forget what you have taught me.
- Psalms 40:8I want to do what pleases you. Your law is always in my thoughts.’
- Romans 7:22Deep inside myself, I really love God's laws.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:70
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 70Their heart is as fat as grease - They are egregiously stupid, they have fed themselves without fear; they are become flesh-brutalized, and given over to vile affections, and have no kind of spiritual relish: but I delight in thy law - I have, through thy goodness, a spiritual feeling and a spiritual appetite.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 70Their heart is as fat as grease - They are prospered. They have health, property, influence, comforts of all kinds. heaven appears to smile upon them, and it seems as if it were one effect of a wicked course of life to make people prosperous. See Psalm 17:10, note; Psalm 73:7, note. But I delight in thy law - Though its observance should not be attended by any such results as seem to follow wickedness, though I am poor, emaciated, pale - disappointed…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 65-72Verses 65-72 However God has dealt with us, he has dealt with us better than we deserve; and all in love, and for our good. Many have knowledge, but little judgment; those who have both, are fortified against the snares of Satan, and furnished for the service of God. We are most apt to wander from God, when we are easy in the world. We should leave our concerns to the disposal of God, seeing we know not what is good for us. Lord, thou art our bountiful…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 65-72Teth (ט) is the ninth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The psalmist admits his sin and gratefully accepts the Lord's discipline.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 69-7069-70. The crafty malice of the wicked, in slandering him, so far from turning him away, but binds him closer to God's Word, which they are too stupid in sin to appreciate. Hengstenberg refers the "lie" to such slanders against the Jews during the captivity, as that in Ezr 4:1-6, of sedition.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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