Psalms 119:70

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 do good; Teach me Your statutes. 69The arrogant have forged a lie against me; With all my heart I will observe Your precepts. Their heart is covered with fat, But I delight in Your law. 71It is good for me that I was afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes. 72The law of Your mouth is better to me Than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

Psalms 119:70 word by word

טָפַ֣שׁ כַּחֵ֣לֶב לִבָּ֑ם אֲ֝נִ֗י תּוֹרָתְךָ֥ שִֽׁעֲשָֽׁעְתִּי׃Read the interlinear

• Their heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• coveredטָפַשׁţâphash · be insensitiveH2954
• with fatחֵ֫לֶבcheleb chêleb · fatH2459
• delightשָׁעַעshâ‛a‛ · to delightH8173
• in Your lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451

Cross-references for Psalms 119:70

• Psalms 17:10They have closed their unfeeling heart, With their mouth they speak proudly.
• Psalms 73:7Their eye bulges from fatness; The imaginations of their heart run riot.
• Isaiah 6:10Render the hearts of this people insensitive, Their ears dull, And their eyes dim, Otherwise they might see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their hearts, And return and be healed.”
• Acts 28:27For the heart of this people has become dull, And with their ears they scarcely hear, And they have closed their eyes; Otherwise they might see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart and return, And I would heal them.”’
• Psalms 119:16I shall delight in Your statutes; I shall not forget Your word.
• Psalms 40:8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your Law is within my heart.”
• Romans 7:22For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man,

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

Topics related to Psalms 119:70

• Instruction
• Pride

In the dictionaries

• Break
• Comfort
• Delight
• Depart
• Establish
• Hallel
• Horror
• Incline
• Judgment
• Judgments of God

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