Psalm 119:63

This, I say, is observable, the disparity of the persons: on the one side, David, on the other, all the people of God. --Thomas Manton.

Verse 63. -- I am a companion, etc.: as if he would say, This is a sign to me that I belong to thy family; because "I am the companion of all those fearing thee" with a filial fear, and keeping "thy precepts." --Paulus Palanterius.

Verse 63. -- A companion, properly is such an one as I do choose to walk and converse with ordinarily in a way of friendship; so that company keeping doth imply three things; first, it is a matter of choice, and therefore relations, as such, are not properly said to be our companions; secondly, it implies a constant walking and converse with another, and so it is expressed, Job 34:8 Proverbs 13:20 . And, thirdly, this ordinary converse or walking with another, must be in a way of friendship. --William Bridge, 1600-1670.

Verse 63. -- Shun the company that shuns God, and keep the company that God keeps. Look on the society of the carnal or profane as infectious, but reckon serious, praying persons the excellent ones of the earth. Such will serve to quicken you when and warm you when cold. Make the liveliest of God's people your greatest intimates, and see that their love and likeness to Christ be the great motive of your love to them, more than their love or likeness to you. --John Willisor, 1680-1750.

HINTS FOR PASTORS AND LAYPERSONS

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Verse 63. -- Of good and bad company. How to avoid the one, and improve the other. See W. Bridge's Sermon, in his works, vol. v. p. 90. Tegg's edition, 1845.

Verse 63. -- The believer's choice of companions.