“ Openb thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. ”
Open 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...
CXIX. Praise of the Law. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. a...
Open . Unveil. behold. discern, or see clearly.
DISCOURSE: 697 HOW TO ATTAIN DIVINE KNOWLEDGE Psalms 119:18 . Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law! THE necessity of Divine teaching, in order to a spiritual a...
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Open thou mine eyes - גל עיני gal eynai, reveal my eyes, illuminate my understanding, take away the veil that is on my heart, an...
Open thou mine eyes— That is, "Illuminate the eyes of my mind by thy grace, that I may clearly discern the admirable wisdom hidden in thy law;" for the Hebrew word נפלאות niphlaoth, rendered won...
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. The wonders of the law, not only its deep mysteri...
The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the...
Open. — Literally, uncover (see margin), as if without Divine grace the eyes were veiled to the wonder and beauty of the moral law. (Comp. 2 Corinthians 4:18 .)
Psalms 119:1-176 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law; and the beauty and power of the psalm lie i...
a Prayer for Understanding Psalms 119:17-32 These verses are full of yearning and unsatisfied desire. The soul breaks for longing, cleaves to the dust, and melts for heaviness. We are reminded...
Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term, "The Law," should be understood in its widest sign...
GIMEL. Here are again many very gracious and fervent breathings after divine favor, which need nothing explanatory by way of comment. Some of them very highly correspond with what might be supposed...
WONDROUS THINGS ‘Wondrous things out of Thy law.’ Psalms 119:18 The life of the soul has its wonders as well as the life of the body and the life of nature. It is a complex and mysterious thin...
Open thou mine eyes ,.... The eyes of my heart or understanding, as Kimchi; or, "reveal mine eyes" t; take off the veil from them: there is a veil of darkness and ignorance on the hearts of all men,...
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Ver. 18. Open thou mine eyes ] Heb. unveil them, velamen amove, volumen evolve, give sight and light; irradiate both organ...
GIMEL. Psalms 119:17 . Deal bountifully with thy servant I plead no merit, but only thy free grace and rich mercy; that I may live Safely and comfortably; and keep thy word For I do not d...
18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Observe here, 1. That there are wondrous things in God's law, which we are all concerned, and should cov...
Open thou mine eyes; enlighten my mind by the light of thy Holy Spirit, and dispel all ignorance and error. Wondrous things out of thy law; those great and marvellous depths of Divine wisdom and...
INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ; Psalms 119:23 ; Psalms 119:46 ; Psalms 119:141...
Psalms 119:18 I. Consider the sense of wonder in man, and what generally excites it. That God has bestowed on man such a faculty we all know. It is one of the first and most constant emotions in o...
It is not easy to see the special subjects that are spoken of by David in each of the short portions of eight verses, yet I do not doubt that if each portion were very carefully examined, we should s...
That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at the head of each distich; and the couplets are mos...
Open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Thy law. Moral blindness Moral blindness is the worst kind of blindness. I. Physical blindness has its compensations. Other facu...
EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every verse in each stanza beginning with its own...
Gimel. Prayer For Enlightenment Unto A Godly Life.
2 Corinthians 3:13 ; 2 Corinthians 3:14-18 ; 2 Corinthians 4:4-6 ; Acts 26:18 ; Ephesians 1:17 ; Ephesians 1:18 ; Hebrews 10:1 ; Hebrews 8:5 ; Hosea 8:12 ; Isaiah 29:10-12 ; Isaiah 29:18 ;...
The Wonderful Word Psalms 119:1-24 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When we hold the Bible in our hands we are holding a Book that is distinct from any and every other book the world has ever known. 1. It...
Open — Enlighten my mind by the light of thy Holy Spirit, and dispel all ignorance and error. Behold — Those great and marvellous depths of Divine wisdom and goodness, and those profound mysteries...