Psalms 119:37

1 John 2:16; 2 Samuel 11:2; Isaiah 33:15; Job 31:1; Joshua 7:21; Matthew 5:28; Numbers 15:39; Proverbs 23:5; Proverbs 4:25; Psalms 119:25; Psalms 119:40

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:37

Albert 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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Turn away mine (d) eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way. (d) Meaning, all his senses.
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

way. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, and Syriac, read "ways" (plural)
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

37. Turn away mine eyes. By these words we are taught that all our senses are so filled with vanity, that, until refined and rectified, thei...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 701 THE VANITIES OF THIS WORLD AN OBSTACLE TO SPIRITUAL PROGRESS Psalms 119:37 . Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quick...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. From beholding vanity - An idol, worldly pleasure, beauty, finery; any t...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity - ( Isaiah 33:15 , end.)...
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

From beholding vanity. — Perhaps from looking on idols.
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

Love for God's Commands Psalms 119:33-48 Twice over the psalmist says, “thy commandments which I have loved,” and then proceeds to give the key...
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

HE. How very beautiful is this portion of the psalm, considered as descriptive of the work of the Holy Ghost. It is his blessed province, and from h...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 vexa...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way. Ver. 37. Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity ] Lest looking cau...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity The vain things of this world, such as riches, honours, pleasures; from beholding them with desire or a...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. Here, 1. David prays for restraining grace, that he...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Vanity; the vain things and lusts of this present evil world, such as riches, honours, pleasures; from beholding them, to wit, with admiration and...
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 ;...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

By the help of God's Holy Spirit, this psalm may serve for the purposes of self-examination, for we may ask ourselves as we read, «Do I feel in that...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We have here some of the jottings from David's pocket-book, the notes of his experience as recorded in his diary. The whole Psalm is a great casket f...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 119:33 . Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; The psalmist is constantly talking about «the way.» We have that expression in the 27...
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

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken Thou me in Thy way. An exemplary prayer This prayer includes three things:-- I. Diver...
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

He. The Constancy of the Believer Upheld and Nourished by God's Word.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Turn a way mine eyes from beholding vanity, making them to pass by, causing them not to notice the many exhibitions of wickedness in the world, since...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Vanity — The vain things of this present world, such as riches, honours, pleasures: from beholding them, with desire or affection. Quicken — Make m...

³⁷ Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 119:37

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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

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

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 119:37