“But in what manner he was ready to keep the divine commandments, he has added, in these words: "The bands of the ungodly have surrounded me: but I have not forgotten Your law" [Psalm 119:61]. "The bands of the ungodly" are the hindrances of our enemies, whether spiritual, as the devil and his angels, or carnal, the ch…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 119
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61The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.
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59I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
60I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
— Psalms 119:61 —
62At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
63I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.