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 mysteries, but its practical truths, proceed "out of" it only to the spiritually enlightened. "Open" - Hebrew, gal (H1540); literally, take the veil from off mine eyes. Believers behold the wonders of God's law 'with open (literally, unveiled) face' [anakekalummenoo prosoopoo]. But Israel has still the 'veil upon her heart in the reading of the Old Testament.' 'But when she shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away' (2 Corinthians 3:14-18). 'The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,' must 'give the spirit of wisdom and revelation,' in order that we may know divine truth. 'As the eye cannot behold the sun without the light of the sun, so the human mind cannot understand the wonders of God except by the light of God' (Muis). (2 Corinthians 4:4; 2 Corinthians 4:6; 2 Peter 1:20.)