Psalms 119:63

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I am a companion of all them that fear thee, And of them that observe thy precepts.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חָבֵ֣ר אָ֭נִי לְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְרֵא֑וּךָ וּ֝לְשֹׁמְרֵ֗י פִּקּוּדֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

ḥāḇēr ʾānî to-all-who yǝrēʾûḵā and-to-šōmrê piqqûḏeykā

Grammar Details

• *ḥāḇēr*: masculine singular noun - companion
• *ʾānî*: 1st person singular personal pronoun - I
• *lǝḵāl-ʾăšer*: preposition + noun + relative pronoun - to all who
• *yǝrēʾûḵā*: qal perfect 3rd person plural + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - they fear you
• *ûlǝšōmrê*: conjunction + preposition + qal participle masculine plural construct - and to those keeping
• *piqqûḏeykā*: masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your precepts

Word Meanings

• *ḥāḇēr*: companion/friend/associate
• *yǝrēʾûḵā*: they fear you/revere you/are in awe of you
• *šōmrê*: those who keep/observe/guard

Referenced Verses

• Ps 101:6 : 6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: He that walketh in a perfect way, he shall minister unto me.
• Prov 13:20 : 20 Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
• 2 Cor 6:14-17 : 14 Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship have righteousness and iniquity? or what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever? 16 And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,
• Ps 119:79 : 79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me; And they shall know thy testimonies.
• Ps 119:115 : 115 Depart from me, ye evil-doers, That I may keep the commandments of my God.
• Ps 142:7 : 7 Bring my soul out of prison, That I may give thanks unto thy name: The righteous shall compass me about; For thou wilt deal bountifully with me.
• 1 John 1:3 : 3 that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:
• 1 John 3:14 : 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not {G80} abideth in death.
• Mal 3:16-18 : 16 Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name. 17 And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, [even] mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. 18 Then shall ye return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
• Ps 16:3 : 3 As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom is all my delight.