Psalms 119:61

61 [Though] the ropes of wicked people are tied around me, I never forget your teachings.

Psalms 119:61 Meaning and Commentary

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 ( Psalms 18:4 ) ;

[but] I have not forgotten thy law;
this was written in his heart; he kept it in his memory, and retained an affection for it; and could not be deterred from obedience to it by the numbers and violence of wicked men, who hated and persecuted him for his attachment to it.

Psalms 119:61 In-Context

59 I have thought about my life, and I have directed my feet back to your written instructions.

60 Without any hesitation I hurry to obey your commandments.

61 [Though] the ropes of wicked people are tied around me, I never forget your teachings.

62 At midnight I wake up to give thanks to you for the regulations, which are based on your righteousness.

63 I am a friend to everyone who fears you and to everyone who follows your guiding principles.