Psalms 119:61
The bands of the wicked have wrapped me round: I have not forgotten thy law.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
In Context
60I have made haste, and not delayed, to keep thy commandments.
62At midnight I rise up to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous judgments.
Cross References
1 Samuel 26:9And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not; for who can stretch forth his hand against Jehovah's anointed, and be guiltless?
Job 1:17While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels and took them, and the servants have they smitten with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.
Psalms 119:16I 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 have not forgotten thy commandments.
Proverbs 24:29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the man according to his work.
Romans 12:17recompensing to no one evil for evil: providing things honest before 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 →