Psalms 119:37
35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.
39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 John 2:16
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Read in contextProverbs 4:25
Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Read in contextIsaiah 33:15
He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;
Read in contextJob 31:1
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
Read in contextNumbers 15:39
And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
Read in contextMatthew 5:28
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Read in contextProverbs 23:5
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Read in contextPsalms 119:40
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
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