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Psalms 119:37

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35 Direct me in the path of Your commandments, for there I find delight.

36 Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.

Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.

38 Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.

39 Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.

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BSB
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
KJV
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
WEB
Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
ASV
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity, And quicken me in thy ways.
DARBY
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way.
BLB
Make my eyes pass from seeing the vain [thing]; with Your word revive me.
ÅB
Vend mine øyne bort fra å se etter tomhet, hold meg i live på din vei!
OTB
Vend mine øyne bort fra det som er verdiløst,
Og forny meg i dine veier.
B1930
Vend mine øine bort fra å se efter tomhet, hold mig i live på din vei!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 John 2:16

    For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

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  • Proverbs 4:25

    Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.

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  • Isaiah 33:15

    He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—

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  • Job 31:1

    “I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

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  • Numbers 15:39

    These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.

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  • Matthew 5:28

    But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

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  • Proverbs 23:5

    When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

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  • Psalms 119:40

    How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.

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