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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:70 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Their heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
is as fat
taphash (Hebrew #2954)
properly, apparently to be thick; figuratively, to be stupid
KJV usage: be fat.
Pronounce: taw-fash'
Origin: a primitive root
as grease
cheleb (Hebrew #2459)
from an unused root meaning to be fat; fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
KJV usage: X best, fat(-ness), X finest, grease, marrow.
Pronounce: kheh'-leb
Origin: or cheleb {khay'-leb}
; but I delight
sha`a` (Hebrew #8173)
(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
KJV usage: cry (out) (by confusion with 7768), dandle, delight (self), play, shut.
Pronounce: shaw-ah'
Origin: a primitive root
in thy law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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heart is as fat.
Psa. 17:10• 10They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. (Psa. 17:10)
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Psa. 73:7• 7Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. (Psa. 73:7)
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Isa. 6:10• 10Make 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. (Isa. 6:10)
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Acts 28:27• 27For 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 their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. (Acts 28:27)
but I.
Psa. 119:16,35• 16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
 35Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. (Psa. 119:16,35)
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Psa. 40:8• 8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. (Psa. 40:8)
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Rom. 7:22• 22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: (Rom. 7:22)
• The wicked in their prosperity are perfectly indifferent to God’s law; the restored soul delights in it. (“Psalm 119:57-64: Division 8 (Cheth)” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Their heart is as fat as grease: as for mef, I delight in thy law.

JND Translation Notes

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See vers. 78 and 87.