| 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. Wesley's Notes 119:61 Robbed - Done me many injuries, for my respect to thy law. King James Translators' Notes bands: or, companies Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 61, 62. This the more, if opposition of enemies, or love of ease is overcome in thus honoring God's law. have robbed me-better, surrounded me, either as forcible constraints like fetters, or as the cords of their nets. Hengstenberg translates, "snares." Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 119:57-64 True believers take the Lord for the portion of their inheritance, and nothing less will satisfy them. The psalmist prayed with his whole heart, knowing how to value the blessing he prayed for: he desired the mercy promised, and depended on the promise for it. He turned from by-paths, and returned to God's testimonies. He delayed not. It behoves sinners to hasten to escape; and the believer will be equally in haste to glorify God. No care or grief should take away God's word out of our minds, or hinder the comfort it bestows. There is no situation on earth in which a believer has not cause to be thankful. Let us feel ashamed that others are more willing to keep from sleep to spend the time in sinful pleasures, than we are to praise God. And we should be more earnest in prayer, that our hearts may be filled with his mercy, grace, and peace. | 
