Psalms 119:61

The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
bands	חֶבְלֵ֣י chev.Lei	H2256	a rope (as twisted) · noun, common both genders plural construct
wicked	רְשָׁעִ֣ים re.sha.'Im	H7563	morally wrong · noun, common masculine plural absolute
robbed	עִוְּדֻ֑נִי 'i.ve.Du.ni	H5749	to duplicate or repeat · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person common plural + pronominal suffix
forgotten	שָׁכָֽחְתִּי sha.Kha.che.ti	H7911	to mislay · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
law	תּֽ֝וֹרָתְךָ֗ to.ra.te.kha	H8451	a precept or statute · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Romans 12:17-21 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
Psalms 119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Hosea 6:9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
1 Samuel 26:9-11 And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD’s anointed, and be guiltless?
Job 1:17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried…
Psalms 3:1 LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
Psalms 119:95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
Psalms 140:5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:61

Here is, 1. The malice of David's enemies against him. They were wicked men, who hated him for his godliness. There were bands or troops of them confederate against him. They did him all the mischief they could; they robbed him; having endeavoured to take away his good name (Psa 119:51), they set upon his goods, and spoiled him of them, either by plunder in time of war or by fines and confiscations under colour of law. Saul (it is likely) seized his effects, Absalom his palace, and the Amalekites rifled Ziklag. Worldly wealth is what we may be robbed of. David, though a man of war, could not keep his own. Thieves break through and steal. 2. The testimony of David's conscience for him that he…

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John Gill on Psalms 119:61

The bands of the wicked have robbed me,.... Very probably Saul and his ministers seized on his effects, when he fled from him; and the Amalekites plundered him of all his substance, when they took Ziklag; and Absalom and the conspirators with him robbed him, when he was obliged, because of them, to flee from his palace and court, which they entered and took possession of. But Aben Ezra rejects this sense of the word, which Jarchi and Kimchi espouse, and we follow, and renders it, "took hold of me"; and so the Targum, "the company of the wicked were gathered together against me:'' they surrounded him and put him into fear, great numbers of them encompassing him about; see Psalm 18:4; but I…

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John Calvin on Psalms 119:57-64

Psalm 119:57-64 ch 57. Thou art my portion, O Jehovah! I have said I will keep thy words. ch 58. I have earnestly besought thy face with my whole heart; have mercy upon me according to thy word. ch 59. I thought upon my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. ch 60. I made haste, and did not delay to keep thy commandments. ch 61. The cords of the wicked have caught hold of me; [420] but I did not forget thy law. ch 62. I will rise at midnight to praise thee for thy righteous judgments. ch 63. I am a companion to all those who fear thee, and who keep thy precepts. ch 64. O Jehovah! the earth is full of thy mercy; teach me thy statutes. 57. Thou art my portion, O Jehovah! The meaning…

The Church Fathers

But in what manner he was ready to keep the divine commandments, he has added, in these words: "The bands of the ungodly have surrounded me: but I have not forgotten Your law" [Psalm 119:61]. "The bands of the ungodly" are the hindrances of our enemies, whether spiritual, as the devil and his angels, or carnal, the children of disobedience, in whom the devil works. [Ephesians 2:2] For this word peccatorum is not from peccata, "sins;" but from peccatores, "sinners." Therefore when they threaten evils, with which to alarm the righteous, that they may not suffer for the law of God, they, so to speak, entangle them with bands, with a strong and tough cord of their own. For "they draw iniquity like a long rope," [Isaiah 5:18] and thus endeavour to entangle the holy, and sometimes are allowed so to do.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 119

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Dictionary and topics

Judgments of God — (1.) The secret decisions of God’s will (Ps. 110:5; 36:6). (2.) The revelations of his will (Ex. 21:1; Deut. 6:20; Ps. 119:7-175). (3.) The infliction of punishment on the wicked (Ex. 6:6; 12:12;…
Poetry — Has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon,…
Persecution · OF THE RIGHTEOUS — OF THE RIGHTEOUS
Theft · The wicked: Addicted to — The wicked: Addicted to
Theft And Thieves · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 119:61

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:61

John Gill on Psalms 119:61

John Calvin on Psalms 119:57-64

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 119:61

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:61

John Gill on Psalms 119:61

John Calvin on Psalms 119:57-64

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 119:57-64

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 119:61