Psalms 119:61
Wicked people have tried to seize me, like a hunter tries to catch an animal with a net [MET], but I do not forget your laws.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
In Context
60I hurry to obey ◄your commands/what you have commanded►; I do not delay at all.
Cross References
1 Samuel 26:9But David whispered to Abishai, “No, do not kill Saul. Yahweh has appointed him to be king, so Yahweh will surely [RHQ] punish anyone who kills him.
Job 1:17While he was still talking to Job, another messenger arrived. He said to Job, “Three groups of robbers/bandits from Chaldea land came and attacked us. They stole all the camels and killed all the men who were taking care of them. I am the only one who escaped to come and tell you what happened.”
Psalms 119:16I will be happy to obey ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►, and I will not forget your words.
Psalms 119:176I have wandered away from you like [SIM] a sheep that has become lost; search for me, because I have not forgotten ◄your commands/what you have commanded us►.
Proverbs 24:29Do not say, “I will do to him what he did to me; I will pay him back for the bad things that he did to me.”
Romans 12:17Do not do something evil to anyone who has done something evil to you. Act in a way that all people will recognize as good!
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 →