Psalms 119:18
Let my eyes be open to see the wonders of your law.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
In Context
17GIMEL Give me, your servant, the reward of life, so that I may keep your word;
19I am living in a strange land: do not let your teachings be kept secret from me.
Cross References
Psalms 119:96I have seen that nothing on earth is complete; but your teaching is very wide.
Isaiah 29:18And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of the blind will see through the mist and the dark.
Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind will see, and the ears which are stopped will be open.
Matthew 13:13For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.
Matthew 20:33They say to him, Lord, that our eyes may be open.
Acts 26:18To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:18
3. GIMEL. 17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. We are here taught, 1. That we owe our lives to God's mercy. David prays, Deal bountifully with me, that I may live. It was God's bounty that gave us life, that gave us this life; and the same bounty that gave it continues it, and gives all the supports and comforts of it; if these be withheld, we die, or, which is equivalent, our lives are embittered and we become weary of them. If God deals in strict justice with us, we die, we… Read the whole commentary →