Psalms 119:70

119:69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

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

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Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.

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

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

119:71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

What does Psalms 119:70 mean?

Psalms 119:70 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include לֵב (lêb), טָפַשׁ (ṭâphash), חֶלֶב (cheleb).

Hebrew interlinear

Their

heartלֵבlêb/labe/H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

fatטָפַשׁṭâphash/taw-fash'/H2954properly, apparently to be thick; figuratively, to be stupid

grease;חֶלֶבcheleb/kheh'-leb/H2459fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part

but

delightשָׁעַעshâʻaʻ/shaw-ah'/H8173(in a good acceptation) to look upon (with complacency), i.e. fondle, please or amuse (self); (in a bad one) to look about (in dismay), i.e. stare

thy

law.תּוֹרָהtôwrâh/to-raw'/H8451a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch

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What does Psalms 119:70 say?

Psalms 119:70 (King James Version) reads: "Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law."

Is Psalms 119:70 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:70 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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