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Psalm 119:79

Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.

77Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for your law is my delight.
78Let the proud be disappointed, for they have overthrown me wrongfully. I will meditate on your precepts.
79Let those who fear you turn to me. They will know your statutes.
80Let my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be disappointed. KAPF
81My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
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The plea for those who fear God to turn toward the speaker expresses a longing for company shaped by reverence for God and his statutes.

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4 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 119:63I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.Both verses connect companionship with people who fear God to their regard for what God commands.
Psalm 119:74Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.Those who fear God turn toward the speaker in one verse and find gladness in his hope in God's word in the other.
Psalm 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.Both prayers look toward the company of godly people, whether turning toward the speaker or surrounding him.
Psalm 7:7Let the congregation of the peoples surround you. Rule over them on high.Both prayers concern people gathering, though here they turn toward the speaker and in Psalm 7 they surround God.
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The speaker asks God for the company of people who fear him. A desire for such friendship belongs within a life devoted to God's word.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).