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Psalm 119:70 KJV
Psalms · chapter 119 · verse 70
Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.Psalm 119:70 · King James Version
Psalm 119:70 in context
68Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
69The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
70Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
71It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
72The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- delightshâʻaʻto look uponH8173 →
- greasechelebfat, whether literally or figurativelyH2459 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- fatṭâphashproperly, apparently to be thickH2954 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 69-70