Psalms 119:18
גַּל ־ עֵינַי וְאַבִּיטָה נִפְלָאוֹת מִתּוֹרָתֶֽךָ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
In Context
17גְּמֹל עַֽל ־ עַבְדְּךָ אֶֽחְיֶה וְאֶשְׁמְרָה דְבָרֶֽךָ ׃
19גֵּר אָנֹכִי בָאָרֶץ אַל ־ תַּסְתֵּר מִמֶּנִּי מִצְוֺתֶֽיךָ ׃
Cross References
Psalms 119:96לְֽכָל תִּכְלָה רָאִיתִי קֵץ רְחָבָה מִצְוָתְךָ מְאֹֽד ׃
Isaiah 29:18וְשָׁמְעוּ בַיּוֹם ־ הַהוּא הַחֵרְשִׁים דִּבְרֵי ־ סֵפֶר וּמֵאֹפֶל וּמֵחֹשֶׁךְ עֵינֵי עִוְרִים תִּרְאֶֽינָה ׃
Isaiah 35:5אָז תִּפָּקַחְנָה עֵינֵי עִוְרִים וְאָזְנֵי חֵרְשִׁים תִּפָּתַֽחְנָה ׃
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 →