Verse 4
4. I am a stranger and a sojourner Though heir of the world (Romans 4:13) and rich in promised possessions, he confessed himself but a stranger and a pilgrim, (comp . Hebrews 11:13-16,) and never owned a place of rest except his grave .
A possession of a burying place “This is the first mention of burial. It was noted by the heathen historian as a characteristic of the Jews, that they preferred to bury their dead rather than to burn them. Tacitus, Hist. 5: 5. It is observable that this is first mentioned when the first death takes place in the family of him who had received the promises. The care of the bodies of the departed is a custom apparently connected with the belief in their sanctity as vessels of the grace of God, and with the hope that they may be raised again in the day of the restitution of all things.” Speaker’s Commentary.
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