Psalms 119:19
I am a stranger in the land; hide not thy commandments from me.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
In Context
18Open mine eyes, and I shall behold wondrous things out of thy law.
20My soul breaketh for longing after thy judgments at all times.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:15For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no hope [of life].
Psalms 39:12Hear my prayer, Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; be not silent at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, a sojourner, like all my fathers.
Psalms 119:10With my whole heart have I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandments.
Luke 9:45But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them that they should not perceive it. And they feared to ask him concerning this saying.
2 Corinthians 5:6Therefore [we are] always confident, and know that while present in the body we are absent from the Lord,
1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I exhort [you], as strangers and sojourners, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which 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 →