Psalms 119:61
Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.
Young's Literal 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 delayed not, to keep Thy commands.
62At midnight I rise to give thanks to Thee, For the judgments of Thy righteousness.
Cross References
1 Samuel 26:9And David saith unto Abishai, 'Destroy him not; for who hath put forth his hand against the anointed of Jehovah, and been acquitted?'
Job 1:17While this [one] is speaking another also hath come and saith, 'Chaldeans made three heads, and rush on the camels, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped — only I alone — to declare [it] to thee.'
Psalms 119:16In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.
Psalms 119:176I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!
Proverbs 24:29Say not, 'As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'
Romans 12:17giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things 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 →