Psalms 119:61

The bands... — Rather, cords of the wicked surrounded me. (See Psalms 18:5-6.) So all ancient versions except the Targum.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The 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 o...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

The bands of the wicked have (c) robbed me: [but] I have not forgotten thy law. (c) They have gone about to draw me into their company.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXIX. Praise of the Law. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginnin...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

robbed . surrounded. Compare Sennacherib's investment of Hezekiah. See App-67.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

61. The cords of the wicked have caught hold of me. Those who translate חבלי , cheblei, by sorrows, bring out no natural meaning, and...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law. The bands of the wicked have robbed me - חבלי chebley, the cables, cords,...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The bands of the wicked, &c.— The troops, &c. "I have been beset with troops of wicked men, who stripped me of all I had." Houbigant, aft...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law. The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten th...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the s...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 119:1-176 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of th...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Comforted by God's Judgments Psalms 119:49-64 Rays of comfort begin to steal into the psalmist's heart. Thou hast caused me to hope; this is m...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CHETH. This eighth part of this lovely Psalm opens most beautifully, in which we clearly behold Jesus as the speaker. The royal Prophet, under the S...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 p...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The bands of the wicked have robbed me: [but] I have not forgotten thy law. Ver. 61. The bands of the wicked have robbed me ] In these late stripp...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I thought on my ways I seriously considered both my former conduct, and my duty in all my future actions; and turned my feet unto thy testimonies...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law. Here is, 1. The malice of David's enemies against him...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Robbed me; or, made a prey of me ; done me many injuries for my respect to thy law.
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ;...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at...
The Biblical Illustrator

I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto Thy testimonies. A godly life I. The way into a godly life. “I thought.” Wonderful act is this; a...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 24:9-11 ; 1 Samuel 26:9-11 ; 1 Samuel 30:3-5 ; Hosea 6:9 ; Job 1:17 ; Proverbs 24:29 ; Psalms 119:176 ; Psalms 119:95 ; Psalms 3:1...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Robbed — Done me many injuries, for my respect to thy law.

⁶¹ The bandsg of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:61

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 119:61