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For we are strangers before you, and sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.
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We Are Only Sojourners
Commentators explain that David's prayer recognizes a core truth: we are "strangers and sojourners" on earth. Even the promised land was held as a tenancy from God. This perspective is meant to loosen our grip on worldly possessions, reminding us that our true home is elsewhere and that what we have is a temporary loan from God.
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1 Chronicles
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19th Century
Anglican
For we are strangers before you, and sojourners. —Psalms 39:12.
Our days on the earth are a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For we are strangers before you, and sojourners, as were all our fathers For though t…
Presbyterian
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