Psalm 119:70
Strong's Lexicon
Their hearts
לִבָּ֑ם (lib·bām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3820: 1) inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding 1a) inner part, midst 1a1) midst (of things) 1a2) heart (of man) 1a3) soul, heart (of man) 1a4) mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory 1a5) inclination, resolution, determination (of will) 1a6) conscience 1a7) heart (of moral character) 1a8) as seat of appetites 1a9) as seat of emotions and passions 1a10) as seat of courage

are hard
טָפַ֣שׁ (ṭā·p̄aš)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2954: 1) (Qal) to be gross, be insensitive, be fat

and callous,
כַּחֵ֣לֶב (ka·ḥê·leḇ)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2459: 1) fat 1a) fat (of humans) 1b) fat (of beasts) 1c) choicest, best part, abundance (of products of the land)

but I
אֲ֝נִ֗י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: 1) I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis)

delight
שִֽׁעֲשָֽׁעְתִּי׃ (ši·‘ă·šā·‘ə·tî)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8173: 1) to stroke, be smeared over, be blinded 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be smeared over, be blinded 1a2) to smear eyes shut 1b) (Hiphil) to besmear (of eyes), smear over eyes 1c) (Hithpalpel) to blind oneself, be blinded 2) to sport, take delight in 2a) (Pilpel) to sport, delight in, take delight in, delight oneself 2b) (Palpal) to be fondled 2c) (Hithpalpel) to delight oneself

in Your law.
תּוֹרָתְךָ֥ (tō·w·rā·ṯə·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8451: 1) law, direction, instruction 1a) instruction, direction (human or divine) 1a1) body of prophetic teaching 1a2) instruction in Messianic age 1a3) body of priestly direction or instruction 1a4) body of legal directives 1b) law 1b1) law of the burnt offering 1b2) of special law, codes of law 1c) custom, manner 1d) the Deuteronomic or Mosaic Law

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Their hearts are hard and callous, but I delight in Your law.

Young's Literal Translation
Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I—in Thy law I have delighted.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Their hearts are hard and insensitive, but I delight in Your instruction.

New American Standard Bible
Their heart is covered with fat, [But] I delight in Your law.

King James Bible
Their heart is as fat as grease; [but] I delight in thy law.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Their hearts are callous and unfeeling, but I delight in your law.

New Living Translation
Their hearts are dull and stupid, but I delight in your instructions.

English Standard Version
their heart is unfeeling like fat, but I delight in your law.

New American Standard Bible
Their heart is covered with fat, But I delight in Your law.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Their hearts are hard and insensitive, but I delight in Your instruction.

International Standard Version
Their minds are clogged as with greasy fat, but I find joy in your instruction.

NET Bible
Their hearts are calloused, but I find delight in your law.

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
Insensate as fat hath been their heart, I -- in Thy law I have delighted.
















Cross References
Matthew 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 understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

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 their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

Deuteronomy 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.

Job 15:27
Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.

Psalm 17:10
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.

Psalm 119:16
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

Isaiah 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.

Jeremiah 5:28
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 119:69
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.

Psalm 119:68
Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
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