King James Version

Psalms 119:61

The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.

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חֶבְלֵ֣יchevlecompanyחֶבֶלnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “company”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2256a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruinband, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.רְשָׁעִ֣יםreshaimguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.עִוְּדֻ֑נִיivduniprotestעוּדverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “protest”, a completed actionH5749to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify (as by reiteration); intensively, to encompass, restore (as a sort of reduplication)admonish, charge, earnestly, lift up, protest, call (take) to record, relieve, rob, solemnly, stand upright, testify, give warning, (bear, call to, give, take to) witness.תּֽ֝וֹרָתְךָ֗toratekhalawתּוֹרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “law”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8451a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuchlaw.לֹ֣אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…שָׁכָֽחְתִּיshakhachetiforgetשָׁכַחverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “forget”, a completed actionH7911to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention[idiom] at all, (cause to) forget.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The bands of the wicked have enclosed me; but I have not forgotten Thy law.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; But I have not forgotten thy law.

Young’s Literal Translation

Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.

World English Bible

The ropes of the wicked bind me, but I won’t forget your law.

Darby Translation

The bands of the wicked have wrapped me round: I have not forgotten thy law.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The bands of the wicked have enclosed me; but I have not forgotten Thy law.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The snares of sinners entangled me: but I forgot not thy law.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Σχοινία ἁμαρτωλῶν περιεπλάκησάν μοι, καὶ τοῦ νόμου σου οὐκ ἐπελαθόμην.