Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Chronicles 16:19

"When ye were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it;" — 1 Chronicles 16:19 (ASV)

The fourth strophe of Psalm 105:0 begins here.

When you were but few. —The psalm has when they [that is, your fathers] were but few; and so Septuagint here.

Few. —Literally, men of number = easily counted. .

Strangers in it. — Sojourners, μέτοικοι (Genesis 23:4).