Homilist Psalm 119:63 I am a companion of all them that fear you, and of them that keep your precepts. God has made man for society and society for man. The society, however, to which the text points is the society of the highest type, composed of those who fear God and keep His "precepts." I. This is the most HONOURABLE society. The only honourable society is the society of honourable men, and the only honourable men are those who fear God and keep His commandments. II. This is the most HAPPY society. All good men are happy. III. This is the most GROWING society. It is large now, composed of an innumerable company of angels, and the spirits of just men made perfect; its numbers increase with every conversion. (Homilist) Parallel Verses KJV: I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.WEB: I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts. |
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