Strangers in the Earth
Homilist
Psalm 119:19
I am a stranger in the earth: hide not your commandments from me.


This language may be looked upon in two aspects:

I. As expressing a NECESSARY fact in man's earthly history. "Stranger in the earth." Two ideas here:(1) Ignorance. A stranger in a neighbourhood is ignorant of it.

(2) Unsettledness. "No abiding city."

II. As expressing a VIRTUOUS fact in man's earthly history. A desire to be guided by God's commandments. "Hide not," etc. These are necessary to guide through the labyrinthian path of life.

(Homilist.)



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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