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Psalms 119:61
61Wicked people try to catch me in their traps, but I will not forget your Law.
Psalms 119:61 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
- New International Version (NIV)Though the wicked bind me with ropes, I will not forget your law.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Though the cords of the wicked ensnare me, I do not forget your law.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The cords of the wicked have bound me, But I have not forgotten Your law.
Context of Psalms 119:61
59I have thought about the way that I live. I have decided to return to your teaching. 60I will be quick to obey your commands. I will not be slow to do that. Wicked people try to catch me in their traps, but I will not forget your Law. 62I get up in the middle of the night to praise you. I thank you for your fair rules. 63I am a friend of everyone who respects you, and who obeys your teaching.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:61 word by word
חֶבְלֵ֣י רְשָׁעִ֣ים עִוְּדֻ֑נִי תּֽ֝וֹרָתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:61
- Psalms 119:95Wicked people are ready to kill me, but I think carefully about your teaching.
- Psalms 3:1Lord, every day I have more enemies. Many people fight against me.
- 1 Samuel 30:3So when David and his men arrived at Ziklag, they saw that the Amalekites had destroyed the city. The Amalekites had taken away their wives, their sons and their daughters as prisoners.
- Job 1:17Before that servant had finished speaking, a third servant arrived. He said to Job, ‘Some robbers from Chaldea suddenly attacked us. They took away all your camels and they killed your servants. I was the only one who escaped. I ran here to tell you what has happened.’
- Hosea 6:9The priests join together like robbers. They hide themselves and they are ready to attack. They wait on the road to Shechem, ready to murder people who pass that way. They have done wicked things.
- Psalms 119:176I have left the right way. Come to make me safe again, like a shepherd looks for his lost sheep. Help me, your servant, because I have not forgotten your commands.
- 1 Samuel 24:9David said to Saul, ‘You should not listen to the people who say, “David wants to hurt you.”
- 1 Samuel 26:9But David said to Abishai, ‘Do not kill Saul. He is the man that the Lord has chosen to be Israel's king. Anyone who attacks him will be guilty of a sin.
- Proverbs 24:29Do not say, ‘I will do to him the same thing that he did to me. I will punish him because of what he did.’
- Romans 12:17If someone has done bad things against you, do not do bad things back to them. Try to live in a good way so that people will respect you. They will see that you do good things.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:61
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 61The bands of the wicked have robbed me - חבלי chebley, the cables, cords, or snares of the wicked. They have hunted us like wild beasts; many they have taken for prey, and many they have destroyed.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 61The bands of the wicked - Margin, “companies.” The Hebrew word properly means a cord, a rope; then a snare, gin, net; then, a band or a company of men. The reference is to some time in the life of the psalmist when he was surrounded by wicked men. Have robbed me - Rather, have surrounded me; have environed me - for so the Hebrew word means. But I have not forgotten thy law - I have not been deterred from keeping it by the dangers to which I have been…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 57-64Verses 57-64 True believers take the Lord for the portion of their inheritance, and nothing less will satisfy them. The psalmist prayed with his whole heart, knowing how to value the blessing he prayed for: he desired the mercy promised, and depended on the promise for it. He turned from by-paths, and returned to God's testimonies. He delayed not. It behoves sinners to hasten to escape; and the believer will be equally in haste to glorify God. No care or…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 61Wicked people try to lead him into sin, but the psalmist remembers God's word and stays strong (see Psalm 119:16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 61-6261-62. This the more, if opposition of enemies, or love of ease is overcome in thus honoring God's law. have robbed me--better, surrounded me, either as forcible constraints like fetters, or as the cords of their nets. Hengstenberg translates, "snares."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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