Psalms 119:70
Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
KJV
Their heart is as fat as grease; But I delight in thy law.
ASV
טָפַ֣שׁ כַּ/חֵ֣לֶב לִבָּ֑/ם אֲ֝נִ֗י תּוֹרָתְ/ךָ֥ שִֽׁעֲשָֽׁעְתִּי
Hebrew
Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I--in Thy law I have delighted.
YLT
Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
הָשַׁ֑ע
hsh'
verb · 9×
חֵ֨לֶב֙
chlb
noun · 91×
טָפַ֣שׁ
tpsh
verb · 1×
י
y
noun · 591×
י
y
noun · 221×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 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 their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with th
- Deut 31:20 — For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn
- Deut 32:15 — But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
- Isa 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, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
- Jer 6:10 — To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in
- Matt 13:15 — For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should under
- Ps 17:10 — They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
- Ps 17:10 — They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
- Ps 40:8 — I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
- Ps 73:7 — Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
- Ps 112:1 — Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
- Ps 119:16 — I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
- Ps 119:16 — I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
- Ps 119:35 — Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
- Rom 7:22 — For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: