Psalms 119:18
Open thou my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
In Context
17GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant: let me live, that I may observe thy word.
19A stranger am I on the earth: hide not from me thy commandments.
Cross References
Psalms 119:96Of all perfection have I seen the end; [but] thy commandment is exceedingly extended.
Isaiah 29:18And on that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and out of obscurity, and out of darkness, shall the eyes of the blind see.
Isaiah 35:5Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
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 →