Psalm 119:19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not your commandments from me. I. I am as a stranger in the earth because of THE IMPERMANENCE OF MY POSITION. Here we have no continuing city. II. I am as a stranger in the earth because of MY LIFE AND LANGUAGE. If there be but a slight difference between the Christian and the secularist, it is because the Christian has not been "transformed by the renewing of his mind," for though bearing a new name he carries an old nature. We instantly detect a foreigner by so small a sign as an accent or a posture; and the Christian is known to men of the world by a glance or tone, by a frown or smile. This should be the Christian's business as a stranger — to operate as the light, not as the lightning — to master men by attraction, and not by reprobation. III. I am a stranger in the earth because of THE PERILS TO WHICH I AM EXPOSED. The adventurous explorer feels that he is in constant danger. (J. Parker, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.WEB: I am a stranger on the earth. Don't hide your commandments from me. |
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