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Psalms 119:61
61⌞Though⌟ the ropes of wicked people are tied around me, I never forget your teachings.
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 my life, and I have directed my feet back to your written instructions. 60Without any hesitation I hurry to obey your commandments. ⌞Though⌟ the ropes of wicked people are tied around me, I never forget your teachings. 62At midnight I wake up to give thanks to you for the regulations, which are based on your righteousness. 63I am a friend to everyone who fears you and to everyone who follows your guiding principles.
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 119:95The wicked people have waited for me in order to destroy me, ⌞yet⌟ I want to understand your written instructions.
- Psalms 3:1O Lord, look how my enemies have increased! Many are attacking me.
- 1 Samuel 30:3By the time David and his men came to the town, it had been burned down, and their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.
- Job 1:17While he was still speaking, another ⌞messenger⌟ came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three companies and made a raid on the camels. They took the camels and massacred the servants. I’m the only one who has escaped to tell you.”
- Hosea 6:9The priests are like gangs of robbers who lie in ambush for a person. They murder on the road to Shechem. Certainly, they have committed a crime.
- Psalms 119:176I have wandered away like a lost lamb. Search for me, because I have never forgotten your commandments.
- 1 Samuel 24:9David asked Saul, “Why do you listen to rumors that I am trying to harm you?
- 1 Samuel 26:9“Don’t kill him!” David told Abishai. “No one has ever attacked the Lord’s anointed king and remained free of guilt.
- Proverbs 24:29Do not say, “I’ll treat him as he treated me. I’ll pay him back for what he has done to me.”
- Romans 12:17Don’t pay people back with evil for the evil they do to you. Focus your thoughts on those things that are considered noble.
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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