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Psalms 119:19

I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.

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גֵּ֣רgeralienגֵּרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “alien”, the ordinary formH1616properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigneralien, sojourner, stranger.אָנֹכִ֣יanokhimeאָנֹכִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “me”H595II, me, [idiom] which.בָאָ֑רֶץvaaretsin earthאֶרֶץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.אַלalnotאַלparticle, negative — “not”H408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothingnay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.תַּסְתֵּ֥רtasterhideסָתַרverb, hiphil, jussive, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “hide”, a wish or indirect commandH5641to hide (by covering), literally or figurativelybe absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, [idiom] surely.מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּיmimenifromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.מִצְוֺתֶֽיךָmitsoteykhalawמִצְוָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “law”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4687a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)(which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I am a sojourner in the earth; hide not Thy commandments from me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I am a sojourner in the earth: Hide not thy commandments from me.

Young’s Literal Translation

A sojourner I [am] on earth, Hide not from me Thy commands.

World English Bible

I am a stranger on the earth. Don’t hide your commandments from me.

Darby Translation

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I am a sojourner in the earth; hide not Thy commandments from me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English