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Psalms 119:63
63I am a friend of everyone who respects you, and who obeys your teaching.
Psalms 119:63 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
- New International Version (NIV)I am a friend to all who fear you, to all who follow your precepts.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I am a companion of all who fear you, of those who keep your precepts.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I am a companion of all who fear You, And of those who keep Your precepts.
Context of Psalms 119:63
61Wicked people try to catch me in their traps, but I will not forget your Law. 62I get up in the middle of the night to praise you. I thank you for your fair rules. I am a friend of everyone who respects you, and who obeys your teaching. 64Lord, your faithful love is everywhere! Please teach me your commands. 65Lord, you have blessed me, your servant, as you have promised to do.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:63 word by word
חָבֵ֣ר אָ֭נִי לְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְרֵא֑וּךָ וּ֝לְשֹׁמְרֵ֗י פִּקּוּדֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:63
- Psalms 119:79Let the people who respect you come back to me. Then they will learn to obey your rules.
- Psalms 16:3When I think about your own people who live in this land, it makes me happy! They are truly great people!
- Psalms 101:6Instead, I will work with people that I can trust. I will let them live with me and be my guides. My servants will be people who live in an honest way.
- Psalms 142:7Please take me out of this prison. Then I will praise your name. Your own good people will see how you have helped me. They will meet round me to praise you.
- Proverbs 13:20If you have wise people as your friends, you will become wise yourself. But if you have foolish friends, you will hurt yourself.
- Malachi 3:16Then the people who respected the Lord talked to each other. The Lord listened to what they said. While the Lord watched, someone wrote names on a scroll. Those were the names of the people who worshipped the Lord and respected the Lord's name. They wrote down their names so that people would remember them.
- 2 Corinthians 6:14Do not become united with people who do not believe in Christ. God has made you right with himself. Right and wrong cannot work together. Light and dark cannot join together.
- 1 John 1:3We also want you to share this new life with us. We share this life with God the Father and Jesus Christ his Son. That is why we are telling you about everything that we have seen and heard.
- 1 John 3:14We know that we now have new life with God. Death no longer has power over us. We know this because we love our Christian friends. But anyone who does not love other believers is still under the power of death.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:63
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 63I am a companion - This was the natural consequence of his own conversion; he abandoned the workers of iniquity, and associated with them that feared the Lord.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 63I am a companion of all them that fear thee - I find my associates and friends among those who worship thee; not with the profane and the wicked. “A man is known by the company that he keeps;” and it is an evidence of piety when we seek our companions and friends among the pious. It shows where the heart is; what the preferences are; what are the tastes; what is the real condition of the soul. We seek our friends in accordance with our tastes and…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 57-64Verses 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 57-64Heth (ח) is the eighth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm. The psalmist seeks God’s favor and loving devotion. Although surrounded by evildoers, he remains a loyal servant of the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6363. The communion of the saints. Delight in their company is an evidence of belonging to them (Psa 16:3; Am 3:3; Mal 3:16).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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