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Psalm 119

Psa. 119:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I am a stranger
ger (Hebrew #1616)
from 1481; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
KJV usage: alien, sojourner, stranger.
Pronounce: gare
Origin: or (fully) geyr (gare)
f in the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
: hide
cathar (Hebrew #5641)
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: be absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, X surely.
Pronounce: saw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
not thy commandments
mitsvah (Hebrew #4687)
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
KJV usage: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.
Pronounce: mits-vaw'
Origin: from 6680
from me.

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Ministry on This Verse

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a stranger.
hide.
 A good God, (whose servants we are,) and an evil world, make a man “a stranger” (we much more, through Christ). (Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 119:1-24 by J.N. Darby)
 (vv. 19-24) The remaining verses present the effect of an obedient walk as a servant of the Lord in a world of sin. (Psalm 119:17-24: Division 3 (Gimel) by H. Smith)
 First, the one who serves, and is subject to God, in the midst of a rebellious world, will of necessity find himself “a stranger in the earth.” But earth’s strangers are God’s friends; hence the desire of the soul to walk in closest intimacy with God— “Hide not Thy commandments from me” (cf. Gen. 18:17). (Psalm 119:17-24: Division 3 (Gimel) by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I am a stranger in the landc; hide not thy commandments from me.

JND Translation Notes

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c
Or "on the earth."