Psalms 119:70

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

טָפַ֣שׁ כַּחֵ֣לֶב לִבָּ֑ם אֲ֝נִ֗י תּוֹרָתְךָ֥ שִֽׁעֲשָֽׁעְתִּי׃

Transliteration

Is gross ṭāp̄aš like fat kaḥēleḇ their heart libbām; I ʾănî your law tôrātəḵā I delight in šiʿăšāʿətî.

Grammar Details

*ṭāp̄aš*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - has grown fat/has become insensitive
*kaḥēleḇ*: preposition + noun masculine singular - like fat
*libbām*: noun masculine singular construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their heart
*ʾănî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I, myself
*tôrātəḵā*: noun feminine singular construct + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your law/instruction
*šiʿăšāʿətî*: pilpel perfect 1st person singular - I delight in/take pleasure in

Word Meanings

*ṭāp̄aš*: grown fat/become insensitive/become dull
*ḥēleḇ*: fat/grease/choicest part
*libbām*: their heart/their mind/their inner being
*tôrātəḵā*: your law/your instruction/your teaching
*šiʿăšāʿətî*: I delight in/I take pleasure in/I enjoy

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 17:10 : 10 They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.
Isa 6:10 : 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 turn again, and be healed.
Acts 28:27 : 27 For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest, haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.
Ps 119:16 : 16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Ps 119:35 : 35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight.
Ps 40:8 : 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.
Ps 73:7 : 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.
Rom 7:22 : 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 119:69
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69The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
Ps 73:7
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7Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish.
Ps 40:8
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8I delight to do thy will, O my God; Yea, thy law is within my heart.
Ps 119:174
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174I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.
Ps 119:77-78
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77Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.
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Ps 17:10
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10They are inclosed in their own fat: With their mouth they speak proudly.
Ps 119:47
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47And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.
Ps 119:11
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11Thy word have I laid up in my heart, That I might not sin against thee.
Ps 119:142-143
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142Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.
143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; [Yet] thy commandments are my delight.
Ps 119:34-36
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34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; For therein do I delight.
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Ps 119:16
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16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Ps 119:40
71%
40Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.
Prov 11:20
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20They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to Jehovah; But such as are perfect in [their] way are his delight.
Ps 119:111-113
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111Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes For ever, even unto the end.
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Rom 7:22
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22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
Ps 119:162-163
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162I rejoice at thy word, As one that findeth great spoil.
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Ps 119:158-159
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158I beheld the treacherous, and was grieved, Because they observe not thy word.
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Ps 119:71-72
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71It is good for me that I have been afflicted; That I may learn thy statutes.
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Ps 119:97
70%
97MEM. Oh how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
Ps 119:28-29
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28My soul melteth for heaviness: Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
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Ps 119:127
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127Therefore I love thy commandments Above gold, yea, above fine gold.
Ps 119:150
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150They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; They are far from thy law.
Ps 119:14
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14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, As much as in all riches.
Ps 119:80
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80Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, That I be not put to shame.
Ps 119:119-120
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119Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: Therefore I love thy testimonies.
120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments.
Ps 119:140
69%
140Thy word is very pure; Therefore thy servant loveth it.
Ps 119:167
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167My soul hath observed thy testimonies; And I love them exceedingly.
Ps 119:51
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Ps 119:165
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165Great peace have they that love thy law; And they have no occasion of stumbling.
Ps 119:32
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32I will run the way of thy commandments, When thou shalt enlarge my heart.
Ps 37:31
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31The law of his God is in his heart; None of his steps shall slide.
Ps 119:92
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92Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
Hos 7:3
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3They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
Ps 119:74
68%
74They that fear thee shall see me and be glad, Because I have hoped in thy word.
Ps 119:85
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85The proud have digged pits for me, Who are not according to thy law.
Ps 119:53
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53Hot indignation hath taken hold upon me, Because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
Ps 119:20
68%
20My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.
Ps 119:2
68%
2Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, That seek him with the whole heart.
Ps 119:24
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24Thy testimonies also are my delight [And] my counsellors.