The cords of the wicked have encompassed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.

the bands.

Psalm 119:95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I have understood thy testimonies.

Psalm 3:1 The psalm of David when he fled from the face of his son Absalom. [2] Why, O Lord, are they multiplied that afflict me? many are they who rise up against me.

1 Samuel 30:3-5 So when David and his men came to the city, and found it burnt with fire, and that their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives, . . .

Job 1:17 And while he also was yet speaking, there came another, and said: The Chaldeans made three troops, and have fallen upon the camels, and taken them; moreover, they have slain the servants with the sword: and I alone have escaped to tell thee.

Hosea 6:9 And like the jaws of highway robbers, they conspire with the priests who murder in the way those that pass out of Sichem: for they have wrought wickedness.

but I

Psalm 119:176 I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost: seek thy servant, because I have not forgotten thy commandments.

1 Samuel 24:9-11 And said to Saul: Why dost thou hear the words of men that say: David seeketh thy hurt? . . .

1 Samuel 26:9-11 And David said to Abisai: Kill him not: for who shall put forth his hand against the Lord's anointed, and shall be guiltless? . . .

Proverbs 24:29 Say not: I will do to him as he hath done to me: I will render to every one according to his work.

Romans 12:17-21 To no man rendering evil for evil. Providing good things, not only in the sight of God but also in the sight of all men. . . .