Psalms 119:19

stranger. foreigner sojourning.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 beginnin...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 pla...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 strang...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 s...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Stranger ] or, 'sojourner,' passenger, with but a short time to learn God's will.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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,...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 th...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Prayer for Understanding Psalms 119:17-32 These verses are full of yearning and unsatisfied desire. The soul breaks for longing, cleaves to t...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

GIMEL. Here are again many very gracious and fervent breathings after divine favor, which need nothing explanatory by way of comment. Some of them v...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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, witho...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 wh...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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 o...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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. T...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ;...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 119:19 I. The stranger. The literal stranger is easily recognised, not so easily, perhaps, in a great city, where there are always thousand...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:9 . Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. «Wherewithal shall a young man clean...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:17 . Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. O Lord, I am thy servant; yet, I pray thee, do not pay me...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Biblical Illustrator

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 G...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Gimel. Prayer For Enlightenment Unto A Godly Life.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I am a stranger in the earth, a pilgrim seeking the road which leads to the homeland; hide not Thy commandments from me; for without these heavenly...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 gui...

¹⁹ I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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