King James Version
Psalms 119:63 in the King James Version says “I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.”
Psalms 119:63 · KJV
The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law. bands: or, companies
At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“thee and of them that keep”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
“thy precepts”
H6490properly, appointed, i.e., a mandate (of god; plural only, collectively, for the law)
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