Psalms 119:61
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Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.
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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 had held fast his religion when he was stripped of every thing else, as Job did when the bands of the Chaldeans and Sabeans had robbed him: But I have not forgotten thy law. No care nor grief should drive God's word out of our minds, or hinder our comfortable relish of it and converse with it. Nor must we ever think the worse of the ways of God for any trouble we meet with in those ways, nor fear being losers by our religion at last, however we may be losers for it now.
Open source ↗119:61 Evil people try to drag him into sin, but the psalmist’s memory of God’s word keeps him standing firm (see 119:16).
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I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.
The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.
While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”