Charles H. Spurgeon on Psalms 119:119

An insight into the divine will, the best assistance in our journey through the earth. Or, what I am; where I am; where I am going; how am I to get there?

Ver. 119 (first clause). The stranger in the earth.

1. A short exposition. The text means,

(a) That the saint is not born of the earth.

(b) That the saint is not known on earth.

(c) The saint's portion is not upon the earth.

(d) The saint is compassed with sorrows and trials upon earth.

(e) The saint is soon to leave the earth.

2. A short application.

(a) Do not be like the world.

(b) Be prepared to be a sufferer on the earth.

(c) Sit loose to the world.

(d) Correspond with home.

(e) Cherish brotherly love for your fellow strangers on the earth.

(f) Hasten home.

(g) Press others to come with you.

Duncan Macgregor's Sermon in "The Shepherd in Israel, "1869.