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61The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
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Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. …
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
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.
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 (Ps. 119:51), they set upon his goods, and spoiled him of them, either by plunder in time of war or by fines and confiscation…
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