Psalms 119:19
But a guest am I on the earth: hide not your commandments from me.
Open English Bible (US)
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 see wondrous things out of your law.
20My heart is crushed with longing for your ordinances, at all times.
Cross References
Psalms 39:12Hear my prayer, O Lord; attend to my cry for help. Hold not your peace at my tears. For I am but a guest of yours, a stranger visiting, like all my ancestors.
Psalms 119:10With all my heart have I sought you, let me not stray from your commandments.
Luke 9:45But the disciples did not understand the meaning of this; it had been concealed from them so that they did not see it, and they were afraid to question him as to what he meant.
2 Corinthians 5:6Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, while our home is in the body, we are absent from our home with the Lord.
1 Peter 2:11Dear friends, I beg you, as pilgrims and strangers on earth, to refrain from indulging the cravings of your earthly nature, for they make war on 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 →