Psalms 119:19
I am living in a strange land: do not let your teachings be kept secret from me.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
In Context
18Let my eyes be open to see the wonders of your law.
20My soul is broken with desire for your decisions at all times.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:15For we, as all our fathers were, are like men from a strange country before you, who have got a place for a time in the land; our days on the earth are like a shade, and there is no hope of going on.
Psalms 39:12\39:11\By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)
Psalms 119:10I have made search for you with all my heart: O let me not go wandering far from your teaching.
Luke 9:45But this saying was not clear to them and its sense was kept secret from them so that they were not able to see it: and they had fear of questioning him about it.
2 Corinthians 5:6So, then, we are ever without fear, and though conscious that while we are in the body we are away from the Lord,
1 Peter 2:11My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:19
18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Observe here, 1. That there are wondrous things in God's law, which we are all concerned, and should covet, to behold, not only strange things, which are very surprising and unexpected, but excellent things, which are to be highly esteemed and valued, and things which were long hidden from the wise and prudent, but are now revealed unto babes. If there were wonders in the law, much more in the gospel, where Christ is all in all, whose name… Read the whole commentary →