Psalms 119:61
The bands of the wicked have enclosed me; but I have not forgotten Thy law.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 unto 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 the LORD'S anointed, and be guiltless?'
Job 1:17While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said: 'The Chaldeans set themselves in three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.'
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 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.'
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 →