I am a companion of all who fear You, And of those who keep Your precepts.
Parallel translations
- WEB I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.
- KJV I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
- BSB I am a friend to all who fear You, and to those who keep Your precepts.
- NASB I am a companion to all those who fear You, And to those who keep Your precepts.
- NLT I am a friend to anyone who fears you— anyone who obeys your commandments.
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Quick answer
The psalmist is a companion to all who fear God and keep His precepts. It matters because love for God's word draws believers into fellowship with other faithful people.
Overview
The psalmist identifies with all who fear the LORD and obey His precepts, counting them his friends. Shared reverence for God's word forms the bond of true community. This anticipates the fellowship of the church, the family of God gathered around Christ and His word.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Ps 101:6My eyes will be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me. He who walks in a perfect way, he will serve me.
- Prov 13:20One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
- Mal 3:16–18Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name.
- 1 Jn 1:3that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
- Ps 119:79Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.
- Ps 142:7Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me.
- Ps 119:115Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
- Ps 16:3As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.
- 1 Jn 3:14We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn’t love his brother remains in death.
- 2 Cor 6:14–17Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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