Psalms 119:19 Cross References

Psalms 119:19

19: I am but a foreigner here on earth; I need the guidance of your commands. Don't hide them from me!

We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a shadow, gone so soon without a trace.

Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my cries for help! Don't ignore my tears. For I am your guest--a traveler passing through, as my ancestors were before me.

LORD, why have you allowed us to turn from your path? Why have you given us stubborn hearts so we no longer fear you? Return and help us, for we are your servants and your special possession.

So we are always confident, even though we know that as long as we live in these bodies we are not at home with the Lord.

Dear brothers and sisters, you are foreigners and aliens here. So I warn you to keep away from evil desires because they fight against your very souls.

All these faithful ones died without receiving what God had promised them, but they saw it all from a distance and welcomed the promises of God. They agreed that they were no more than foreigners and nomads here on earth.
And obviously people who talk like that are looking forward to a country they can call their own.
If they had meant the country they came from, they would have found a way to go back.
But they were looking for a better place, a heavenly homeland. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a heavenly city for them.

Jacob replied, "I have lived for 130 hard years, but I am still not nearly as old as many of my ancestors."

But they didn't know what he meant. Its significance was hidden from them, so they could not understand it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.

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