“ I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. ”
I am a stranger in the earth - A wayfaring man; a pilgrim; a so-journer; a man whose permanent home is not in this world. The word is applicable to one who belongs to another country, and who is...
I [am] a (b) stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. (b) Seeing man's life in this world is only a passage, what should become of him, if your word were not his guide?
CXIX. Praise of the Law. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. a...
stranger . foreigner sojourning.
19. I am a stranger on the earth. It is proper to inquire into the reason for his calling himself a sojourner and stranger in the world. The great concern of the unholy and worldly is to spe...
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. I am a stranger in the earth - In the land. Being obliged to wander about from place to place, I am like a stranger even in my own c...
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. As a stranger on earth I know not what things I ought to do,...
The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the...
I am a stranger. — A comparison of Psalms 119:54 with Genesis 47:9 (comp. Psalms 39:12 ) shows that the general transitory condition of life, and not any particular circumstance of the psalmis...
Psalms 119:1-176 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law; and the beauty and power of the psalm lie i...
a Prayer for Understanding Psalms 119:17-32 These verses are full of yearning and unsatisfied desire. The soul breaks for longing, cleaves to the dust, and melts for heaviness. We are reminded...
Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term, "The Law," should be understood in its widest sign...
GIMEL. Here are again many very gracious and fervent breathings after divine favor, which need nothing explanatory by way of comment. Some of them very highly correspond with what might be supposed...
I [am] a stranger in the earth ,.... As all his fathers were, and all the saints are; not to divine and spiritual things; to God, and communion with him; to Christ, and the knowledge of him; to the...
I [am] a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. Ver. 19. I am a stranger in the earth ] And therefore apt to lose my way, without a guide; I shall surely else be wildered and lo...
I am a stranger in the earth Or, a sojourner. I am not here as in my home, but as a pilgrim travelling homeward in a strange land: a condition which calls for thy pity and help: see note on Psal...
19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. Here we have, 1. The acknowledgment which David makes of his own condition: I am a stranger in the earth. We a...
Stranger, or sojourner . I am not here as in my home, but as a pilgrim travelling homeward in a strange land; which calls for thy pity and help. That law of nature, which thou hast planted in all...
INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ; Psalms 119:23 ; Psalms 119:46 ; Psalms 119:141...
Psalms 119:19 I. The stranger. The literal stranger is easily recognised, not so easily, perhaps, in a great city, where there are always thousands of strangers and foreigners, but easily in count...
It is not easy to see the special subjects that are spoken of by David in each of the short portions of eight verses, yet I do not doubt that if each portion were very carefully examined, we should s...
That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at the head of each distich; and the couplets are mos...
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not Thy commandments from me. Songs for the way (with verse 54):--Two cries ascend from the human heart to God--the cry of the lorn spirit for its Father, and...
EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every verse in each stanza beginning with its own...
Gimel. Prayer For Enlightenment Unto A Godly Life.
1 Chronicles 29:15 ; 1 Peter 2:11 ; 2 Corinthians 5:6 ; Genesis 47:9 ; Hebrews 11:13-16 ; Isaiah 63:17 ; Job 39:17 ; Luke 24:45 ; Luke 9:45 ; Psalms 39:12 ; Psalms 119:10
The Wonderful Word Psalms 119:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When we hold the Bible in our hands we are holding a Book that is distinct from any and every other book the world has ever known. 1. It...
A stranger — I am not here as in my home, but as a pilgrim travelling homeward in a strange land. Commandments — Which are my chief support and guide in my pilgrimage.