Psalms 119:19

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I am a resident foreigner in this land. Do not hide your commands from me!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גֵּ֣ר אָנֹכִ֣י בָאָ֑רֶץ אַל־תַּסְתֵּ֥ר מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי מִצְוֺתֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

gēr ʾānōḵî in-ʾāreṣ not-tastēr from-me miṣwōtêḵā

Grammar Details

• *gēr*: masculine singular noun - sojourner
• *ʾānōḵî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
• in-*ʾāreṣ*: preposition *bə* + feminine singular noun + definite article - in the land/earth
• not-*tastēr*: negative particle + Hiphil imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - do not hide
• from-me *miṣwōtêḵā*: preposition *min* + 1st person singular suffix + feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - from me your commandments

Word Meanings

• *gēr*: sojourner/stranger/foreigner/resident alien
• *ʾānōḵî*: I/myself
• *ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/ground/territory
• *tastēr*: hide/conceal/cover
• *miṣwōtêḵā*: your commandments/precepts/orders

Referenced Verses

• 1 Chr 29:15 : 15 For we are resident foreigners and temporary settlers in your presence, like all our ancestors; our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security.
• Ps 39:12 : 12 Hear my prayer, O LORD! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am a foreign resident with you, a temporary settler, just as all my ancestors were.
• Isa 63:17 : 17 Why, LORD, do you make us stray from your ways, and make our minds stubborn so that we do not obey you? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance!
• 2 Cor 5:6 : 6 Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth we are absent from the Lord–
• Gen 47:9 : 9 Jacob said to Pharaoh,“All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors.”
• Heb 11:13-16 : 13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth. 14 For those who speak in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 15 In fact, if they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But as it is, they aspire to a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
• 1 Pet 2:11 : 11 Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul,
• Luke 9:45 : 45 But they did not understand this statement; its meaning had been concealed from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet they were afraid to ask him about this statement.
• Luke 24:45 : 45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures,
• Ps 119:10 : 10 With all my heart I seek you. Do not allow me to stray from your commands!
• Job 39:17 : 17 For God deprived her of wisdom, and did not impart understanding to her.