Psalms 119:19 · KJV
“I {am} a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.”
— Psalms 119:19
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. {Open: Heb. Reveal}
My soul breaketh for the longing {that it hath} unto thy judgments at all times.
Psalms 119 — Context
GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, {that} I may live, and keep thy word.
18Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. {Open: Heb. Reveal}
19I {am} a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
20My soul breaketh for the longing {that it hath} unto thy judgments at all times.
21Thou hast rebuked the proud {that are} cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 29:15
For we {are} strangers before thee, and sojourners, as {were} all our fathers: our days on the earth {are} as a shadow, and {there is} none abiding. {abiding: Heb. expectation}
Psalms 39:12
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I {am} a stranger with thee, {and} a sojourner, as all my fathers {were}.
Hebrews 11:13-16
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of {them}, and embraced {them}, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. {in faith: Gr. according to faith}
Psalms 119:10
With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
Luke 24:45
Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
Isaiah 63:17
O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, {and} hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
2 Corinthians 5:6
Therefore {we are} always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
1 Peter 2:11
Dearly beloved, I beseech {you} as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;