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70Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
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 their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 69-70)David here tells us how he was affected as to the proud and wicked people that were about him. 1. He did not fear their malice, nor was he by it deterred from his duty: They have forged a lie against me . Thus they aimed to take away his good name. Nay, all we have in the world, even life itself, may be brought into danger by those who make no conscience of forging a lie. Those that were proud env…
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