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Psalms 119:18
18Open my eyes so that I may contemplate wondrous things from your instruction.
Psalms 119:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
- New International Version (NIV)Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Open my eyes, that I may see Wondrous things from Your law.
Context of Psalms 119:18
16I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word. 17Deal generously with your servant so that I might live; then I will keep your word. Open my eyes so that I may contemplate wondrous things from your instruction. 19I am a resident alien on earth; do not hide your commands from me. 20I am continually overcome with longing for your judgments.
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גַּל־עֵינַ֥י וְאַבִּ֑יטָה נִ֝פְלָא֗וֹת מִתּוֹרָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:18
- Isaiah 29:10For the Lord has poured out on you an overwhelming urge to sleep; he has shut your eyes (the prophets) and covered your heads (the seers).
- Isaiah 32:3Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
- Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
- Matthew 13:13That is why I speak to them in parables, because looking they do not see, and hearing they do not listen or understand.
- Matthew 16:17Jesus responded, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven.
- John 9:39Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, in order that those who do not see will see and those who do see will become blind.”
- Acts 26:18to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
- 2 Corinthians 3:14but their minds were hardened. For to this day, at the reading of the old covenant, the same veil remains; it is not lifted, because it is set aside only in Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 4:4In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
- Ephesians 1:17I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, would give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.
- Revelation 3:18I advise you to buy from me gold refined in the fire so that you may be rich, white clothes so that you may be dressed and your shameful nakedness not be exposed, and ointment to spread on your eyes so that you may see.
- Psalms 119:96I have seen a limit to all perfection, but your command is without limit.
- Hosea 8:12Though I were to write out for him ten thousand points of my instruction, they would be regarded as something strange.
- 2 Corinthians 3:13We are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from gazing steadily until the end of the glory of what was being set aside,
- Hebrews 8:5These serve as a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was warned when he was about to complete the tabernacle. For God said, Be careful that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.
- Hebrews 10:1Since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come, and not the reality itself of those things, it can never perfect the worshipers by the same sacrifices they continually offer year after year.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Open thou mine eyes - עיני גל gal eynai, reveal my eyes, illuminate my understanding, take away the veil that is on my heart, and then shall I see wonders in thy law. The Holy Scriptures are plain enough; but the heart of man is darkened by sin. The Bible does not so much need a comment, as the soul does the light of the Holy Spirit. Were it not for the darkness of the human intellect, the things relative to salvation would be easily apprehended.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Open thou mine eyes - Margin, “Reveal.” So the Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate. The Hebrew word means to be naked; then to make naked, to uncover, to disclose, to reveal. Here it is the same as “uncover;” that is, take away from the eyes what is before them to prevent clear vision. Compare Numbers 22:31; Numbers 24:4, Numbers 24:16. That I may behold wondrous things - Things which are suited to excite wonder and amazement: that is, things which are…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 If God deals in strict justice with us, we all perish. We ought to spend our lives in his service; we shall find true life in keeping his word. Those that would see the wondrous things of God's law and gospel, must beg him to give them understanding, by the light of his Spirit. Believers feel themselves strangers on earth; they fear missing their way, and losing comfort by erring from God's commandments. Every sanctified soul hungers after…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-18The psalmist wants to live a life full of praise and obedience to please the Lord (Psalms 118:17; 119:25, 77, 116, 144, 175). Only the Lord can remove his enemies and help him understand the wonderful truths in God's teachings.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2017-20. Life is desirable in order to serve God; that we may do so aright, we should seek to have our eyes opened to behold His truth, and earnestly desire fully to understand it.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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