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Psalms 119:70 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 119:70Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:706 words
HebrewMeaning
טָפַ֣שׁṭāpaš
it is insensitiveverbH2954
כַּ/חֵ֣לֶבkaḥēleb
like fatpronH2459
best · finest · grease · marrow
לִבָּ֑/םlibām
heart theirnounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
אֲ֝נִ֗יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
תּוֹרָתְ/ךָ֥twōrātəkā
law yournounH8451
שִֽׁעֲשָֽׁעְתִּיšiʿăšāʿətiy
I delightverbH8173
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 119:70

1. From its commencement, dearly beloved, does this great Psalm exhort us unto bliss, which there is no one who desires not....And therefore this is the lesson which he teaches, who says, “Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord” Psalm 118:1. As much as to say, I know what you wish, you are seeking bliss: if then you would be blessed, be undefiled. For the former all desire, the latter fear: yet without it what all wish cannot be…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 119 (Aleph)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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