for I am a stranger] Leviticus 25:23. 1 Chron. 29. 15. Psalms 119:19. Hebrews 11:13. 1 Pet. 2. 11. I have but a while to stay, and free to thy protection, therefore spare me, psal. 102. 23, 24. and 119. 84. as all my fathers were] Protect me, as thou hast done my fathers, being strangers as I am, Genesis 47:9.