Psalms 119:19
A stranger am I on the earth: hide not from me thy commandments.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
In Context
18Open thou my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
20My soul is broken from longing for thy ordinances at all times.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:15For strangers are we before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: like a shadow are our days on the earth, and there is no hope [of abiding].
Psalms 39:12(39:13) Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; be not silent at my tears; for a stranger am I with thee, a sojourner, like all my fathers.
Psalms 119:10With all my heart have I sought thee: oh let me not wander astray from thy commandments.
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 →