the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Psalms 119:37
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Turn my eyes from worthless things, and give me life through your word.
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, and quicken me in thy ways.
Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity, And quicken me in your ways.
Keep me from looking at worthless things. Let me live by your word.
Turn my eyes away from what is worthless! Revive me with your word!
Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity; [and] revive thou me in thy way.
Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
Turn my eyes away from vanity [all those worldly, meaningless things that distract—let Your priorities be mine], And restore me [with renewed energy] in Your ways.
Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.
Turne thou awei myn iyen, that `tho seen not vanyte; quykene thou me in thi weie.
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
Take away my foolish desires, and let me find life by walking with you.
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.
Let my eyes be turned away from what is false; give me life in your ways.
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; with your ways, give me life.
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way.
Don't let me look at worthless things. Help me live your way.
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, and quicken me in Thy ways.
Turne away mine eyes from beholding vanitie: and quicken thou me in thy way.
Turn my eyes away from things that have no worth, and give me new life because of Your ways.
Turn my eyes from looking at vanities; give me life in your ways.
Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.
Turn away mine eyes that they may not behold falsehood; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Keep me from paying attention to what is worthless; be good to me, as you have promised.
Turn away mine eyes, from beholding vanity, In thy way, give me life.
(118-37) Turn away my eyes that they may not behold vanity: quicken me in thy way.
Turn my eyes from looking at vanities; and give me life in thy ways.
Turne away myne eyes, lest they beholde vanitie: cause me to lyue in thy way.
Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken thou me in thy way.
Turn my eyesfrom looking at what is worthless;give me life in your ways.
Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
Turn away my eyes from looking at what is worthless; revive me in your ways.
Turn my eyes from seeing vanity; in Your way give me life.
Remove mine eyes from seeing vanity, In Thy way quicken Thou me.
O turne awaye myne eyes, lest they beholde vanite, & quicke me in thy waie.
Turn my eyes away from looking at what is worthless, And revive me in Your ways.
Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things,And revive me in Your way. [fn]
Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity, And revive me in Your ways.
Cause my eyes to turn away from looking at worthlessness,And revive me in Your ways.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Turn: Heb. Make to pass, Numbers 15:39, Joshua 7:21, 2 Samuel 11:2, Job 31:1, Proverbs 4:25, Proverbs 23:5, Isaiah 33:15, Matthew 5:28, 1 John 2:16
quicken: Psalms 119:25, Psalms 119:40
Reciprocal: Genesis 39:7 - cast Judges 14:1 - Timnath Psalms 80:18 - quicken Psalms 101:3 - set Psalms 119:29 - Remove Psalms 143:11 - Quicken Proverbs 17:24 - the eyes Proverbs 23:31 - General Proverbs 30:8 - Remove Ecclesiastes 2:10 - whatsoever Ecclesiastes 5:11 - they Jeremiah 22:17 - thine eyes Ezekiel 23:16 - as soon as she saw them with her eyes Mark 9:47 - thine Luke 12:15 - Take Romans 7:21 - evil Colossians 3:2 - Set
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity,.... As the things of this world, the riches, honours, and pleasures of it, which are all vanity and vexation of spirit; and yet these catch the eye, and allure the heart: and all false doctrines, glided over with the specious pretence of truth; and all false worship and superstition, set off with pomp and pageantry, with which the eyes of the body or the eyes of the mind are taken, and by which the heart is ensnared; and therefore it is desirable to have the eyes turned away from such objects unto better;
[and] quicken thou me in thy way; so as to walk and even run in the path of truth, in the way of true religion and godliness; and, instead of looking upon vanity, press towards the mark for the prize; keep Christ in view, while running the race; and look to things unseen, and not things that are seen; and set the affections on things above, and serve the Lord fervently; all which is done when God quickens the hearts of his people, and the graces of his Spirit in them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity - Vain things; wicked things; things which would be likely to lead me astray from what is real and true. Compare Isaiah 33:15; Job 31:1. Margin, here, as in Hebrew, âmake to pass.â Make my eyes to pass rapidly from such objects, that I may not look at them, may not contemplate them, may not dwell upon them. There is danger in looking on sin steadily; in surveying its features; in returning to contemplate it. An ugly object loses much of its deformity when we look often upon it; and this is a benevolent law, lest we should be miserable when we are under a necessity of looking on it. Sin follows this general law, and is to be avoided altogether, even in its contemplation, if we would be safe. A man should be thankful in this world that he has eyelids; and as he can close his eyes, so he should often do it.
And quicken thou me in thy way - Endow me with life, energy, vigor, that I may walk in thy way.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 119:37. From beholding vanity — An idol, worldly pleasure, beauty, finery; any thing that is vain, empty, or transitory. Let me not behold it; let me not dwell upon it. Let me remember Achan: he saw, - he coveted, - he took, - he hid his theft, and was slain for his sin.
