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Verse Psalms 119:70. _THEIR HEART IS AS FAT AS GREASE_] They are
egregiously stupid, they have fed themselves without fear; they are
become _flesh-brutalized_, and given over to vile affections, and h...
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THEIR HEART IS AS FAT AS GREASE - They are prospered. They have
health, property, influence, comforts of all kinds. heaven appears to
smile upon them, and it seems as if it were one effect of a wicked...
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Psalms 119
The Law Written on Their Hearts and the Praise of the Word
This is the longest and most perfect Psalm in the whole collection. It
is an alphabetical acrostic. It is composed of 22 section...
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CXIX. PRAISE OF THE LAW. This is the longest and most artificial Ps.
in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each
beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. alph...
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THEIR HEART IS AS FAT AS GREASE— Or, _Is gross, as with fat._ Or,
_Gross as fat._ Houb. By this fatness of the heart, stupidity,
dullness, and earthly-mindedness are designed, as _pinguis Minerva_
sig...
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PSALMS 119
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Jehovah's Will in Relation to Human Character and Conduct, celebrated
in Twenty-two Alphabetical Stanzas, and by the aid of Eight
Comprehensive Synonyms.
ANALYSIS
(The...
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Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
THEIR HEART IS AS FAT AS GREASE - as obese as fat (Deuteronomy
32:15): a mind reprobate [incapable of judging and appreciating, noun
(G356...
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119:70 me, (f-10) See vers. 78 and 87....
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The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are
in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences
with the same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the s...
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FAT AS GREASE] dull, gross: cp. Job 15:26; Isaiah 6:10....
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
THE WORD OF GOD
PSALMS 119
JESUS SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY ME" (JOHN 14:15)....
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AS FAT AS GREASE. — For this emblem of pride and insensibility, see
Psalms 17:10; Psalms 73:7; Isaiah 6:10....
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טָפַ֣שׁ כַּ † חֵ֣לֶב לִבָּ֑ם אֲ֝נִ֗י
תֹּורָתְךָ֥...
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Psalms 119:1
IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this
psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law;
and the beauty and power of the psalm lie in the un...
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PROFITING FROM AFFLICTION
Psalms 119:65
_ Before I was afflicted, I went astray; it is good for me that I have
been afflicted; thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me_. Here is the
far-off interest of...
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Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not
particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately;
but the term, "The Law," should be understood in its widest
signi...
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(c) Their heart is as fat as grease; [but] I delight in thy law.
(c) Their heart is indurate and hardened, puffed up with prosperity
and vain estimation of themselves....
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TETH.
As the first verse of the foregoing portion proved that Jesus was the
speaker; so the last verse of this portion as plainly points to the
same. None but the ever-blessed Jesus had such testimony...
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Psalms 119 is in general the law written in the heart. This gives it
an important place in the series of psalms. It is found distinctly
connected too with Israel's sorrows in the last days and their
p...
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THEIR HEART IS AS FAT AS GREASE,.... Or tallow, a lump of it, fat or
grease congealed. That is, the heart of the above proud persons, who
abounded in riches, were glutted with the things of this world...
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Their heart is as fat as grease; [but] I delight in thy law.
Ver. 70. _Their heart is as fat as grease_] Gross as grease; curdled
as milk or cheese, say the Septuagint, congealed and baked as it were...
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_The proud have forged a lie against me_ A slander, charging me with
hypocrisy toward God, and other sins. _But I will keep thy precepts_
My practice shall confute their calumnies. “Every disciple of...
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_ Teth._ The Realization that God's Humiliation of Man is Salutary....
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Their heart is as fat as grease, altogether without sensitiveness; it
is impossible to make an impression upon the majority of the godless,
to convince them of the wrong of their mockery; BUT I DELIGH...
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65-72 However God has dealt with us, he has dealt with us better than
we deserve; and all in love, and for our good. Many have knowledge,
but little judgment; those who have both, are fortified again...
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THEIR HEART IS AS FAT AS GREASE; the sense is either,
1. They are stupid, and insensible, and past feeling, not affected
either with the terrors or comforts of God's word. So the like phrase
is used...
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Psalms 119:64. _The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy
statutes. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according
unto thy word. Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have...
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CONTENTS: The excellency and usefulness of the divine revelation set
forth and exhortation to all to make it their meditation and to be
governed by it.
CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist.
CONCLUSION: Great b...
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That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is
divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew
alphabet at the head of each distich; and the couplets are most...
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_The proud have forged a lie against me._
THE SLANDERER, THE CORRUPT, THE PIOUS
I. The tongue of the slanderer. Slander is--
1. Malicious. Its inspiration is envy, jealousy, or revenge.
2. Mischie...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 119:1. This psalm celebrates the gift of
God’s law as the perfect guide for life. Its theme is echoed in
Psalms 19:1 and in such wisdom psa
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INTRODUCTION
1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David,
before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril (Psalms 119:9;
Psalms 119:23; Psalms 119:46;...
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EXPOSITION
This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any
other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every
verse in each stanza beginning with its own proper...
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Now as we get to Psalms 119:1-176, it is an extremely difficult psalm
for exposition, because each section seems to be more or less
independent of in itself, and each verse, many times, almost
indepen...
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Acts 28:27; Isaiah 6:10; Psalms 17:10; Psalms 73:7; Psalms 119:16;...
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Fat — They are stupid and insensible....