Psalms 119:37
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
In Context
36Turn my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetous gain.
38Establish Your word to Your servant, to produce reverence for You.
Cross References
Numbers 15:39These 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.
2 Samuel 11:2One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
Psalms 71:20Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
Psalms 119:40How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
Proverbs 23:5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Matthew 5:28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:36-37
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. He had before prayed to God to enlighten his understanding, that he might know his duty, and not mistake concerning it; here he prays to God to bow his will, and quicken the active powers of his soul, that he might do his duty; for it is God that works in us both to will and to do, as well as to understand, what is good, Phil. ii. 13 . Both the good head and the good heart… Read the whole commentary →