King James Version
What Does Psalms 119:63 Mean?
“I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.”
Context
61
The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law. bands: or, companies
62
At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
63
I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
64
The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
65
TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.
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Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary38-52. present a striking contrast to these glowing promises, in mournful evidences of a loss of God's favor.
**cast off--**and rejected (compare Psa 15:4; 43:2; 44:9).
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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