Psalms Chapter 119:19
119:1-3, 119:4-6, 119:7-8, 119:9, 119:10, 119:11, 119:12, 119:13-16, 119:17, 119:18, 119:19, 119:20, 119:21, 119:22, 119:23, 119:24, 119:25, 119:26-27, 119:28-29, 119:30-32, 119:33-34, 119:35-36, 119:37, 119:38, 119:39, 119:40, 119:41-42, 119:43-44, 119:45-48, 119:49, 119:50, 119:50, 119:52, 119:53, 119:54, 119:55-56, 119:57, 119:58, 119:59-60, 119:61, 119:62, 119:63, 119:64, 119:65-66, 119:67, 119:68, 119:69-70, 119:71, 119:72, 119:73, 119:74, 119:75, 119:76-77, 119:78-79, 119:80, 119:81-82,119:83, 119:84, 119:85-87, 119:88, 119:89-91, 119:92, 119:93, 119:94, 119:95,119:96, 119:97,
Psa 119:19
Here we have, 1. The acknowledgment which David makes of his own condition: I am a stranger in the earth. We all are so, and all good people confess themselves to be so; for heaven is their home, and the world is but their inn, the land of their pilgrimage.
David was a man that knew as much of the world, and was as well known in it, as most men. God built him a house, established his throne; strangers submitted to him, and people that he had not known served him; he had a name like the names of the great men, and yet he calls himself a stranger. We are all strangers on earth and must so account ourselves.
2. The request he makes to God thereupon: Hide not thy commandments from me. He means more: “Lord, show thy commandments to me; let me never know the want of the word of God, but, as long as I live, give me to be growing in my acquaintance with it.
I am a stranger, and therefore stand in need of a guide, a guard, a companion, a comforter; let me have thy commandments always in view, for they will be all this to me, all that a poor stranger can desire. I am a stranger here, and must be gone shortly; by thy commandments let me be prepared for my removal hence.”