Psalms 119:61
The cords of the wicked have wrapped me around, [but] I have not forgotten thy law.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
In Context
60I made haste, and delayed not, to observe thy commandments.
62At midnight I will rise to give thanks to thee because of thy righteous ordinances.
Cross References
1 Samuel 26:9And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not, for who can put forth his hand against LORD's anointed, and be guiltless?
Job 1:17While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword, and only I alone have escaped
Psalms 119:16I will delight myself in thy statutes. I will not forget thy word.
Psalms 119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments.
Proverbs 24:29Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.
Romans 12:17rendering to no man evil for evil, premeditating things right in the sight of all men.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:60-61
59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. David had said he would keep God's word ( v. 57 ), and it was well said; now here he tells us how and in what method he pursued that resolution. 1. He thought on his ways. He thought beforehand what he should do, pondering the path of his feet ( Prov. iv. 26 ), that he might walk surely, and not at all adventures. He thought after what he had done, reflected upon his life past, and… Read the whole commentary →