Psalms 119:61

Though the cords of the wicked ensnare him, the psalmist does not forget God's law. It matters because faithfulness to Scripture endures even when surrounded by hostile forces.

Cross-references · 11

• Rom 12:17–21Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.
• Ps 119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.
• Hos 6:9As gangs of robbers wait to ambush a man, so the company of priests murder on the path toward Shechem, committing shameful crimes.
• Prov 24:29Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.”
• Ps 140:5The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.
• 1 Sam 26:9–11David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him; for who can stretch out his hand against Yahweh’s anointed, and be guiltless?”
• Ps 119:95The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.
• Job 1:17While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, “The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
• Ps 3:1A Psalm by David, when he fled from Absalom his son. Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me.
• 1 Sam 30:3–5When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters were taken captive.
• 1 Sam 24:9–11David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you?’

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