Psalms 119:19
I am a stranger on the earth; do not hide Your commandments from me.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
In Context
18Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.
20My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:15For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
Psalms 39:12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
Psalms 119:10With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
Luke 9:45But they did not understand this statement. It was veiled from them so that they could not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.
2 Corinthians 5:6Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.
1 Peter 2:11Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your 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 →