Psalms 119:18

Open. Unveil. behold. discern, or see clearly.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 uncove...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 beginnin...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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 neces...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 underst...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 s...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 Cor...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 th...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Prayer for Understanding Psalms 119:17-32 These verses are full of yearning and unsatisfied desire. The soul breaks for longing, cleaves to t...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

GIMEL. Here are again many very gracious and fervent breathings after divine favor, which need nothing explanatory by way of comment. Some of them v...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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 l...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 o...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 ev...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 a...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ;...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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 i...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:9 . Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. «Wherewithal shall a young man clean...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Biblical Illustrator

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. Ph...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Gimel. Prayer For Enlightenment Unto A Godly Life.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Open Thou mine eyes, the eyes of his spirit, of his understanding, that I may behold wondrous things, the inexpressible miracles of God's mercy and...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

¹⁸ Openb thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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